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背離親緣(下): 那些與眾不同的孩子,他們的父母,以及他們尋找身分認同的故事

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  我知道他的人生將會艱難又可悲,身為母親能怎麼幫忙?光是母愛夠不夠?  本想當個正常的父親,結果夢就這樣在眼前粉碎。  養兒育女,絕不是完美主義者的遊戲。  西方有個諺語:「蘋果落地,離樹不遠」,也就是「有其父必有其子」。但事實卻是,世上有許多孩子都落到了別處,可能是幾座園子外,也可能落到世界的另一端,完全背離父母的預期和想像,而這些家庭也因此走入完全不同的人生。  作者窮盡十年時間,針對三百個擁有異常孩子的家庭進行深入且多次的拜訪:聽力正常的父母生出聾人後代、芭蕾舞者生出侏儒女兒、華爾街精英生出唐氏症寶寶、異性戀父母生出同性戀、平庸的父母生出神童、慈愛的父母生出殺人犯,以及自閉症、殘障、跨性別、思覺失調(舊譯:精神分製),甚至遭姦成孕生下的孩子……這本書就是探討這些掉到另一個世界的果實,他們作為與家庭成員及社會大眾都格格不入的差異分子,如何尋找自我的身分認同,同時也探討了為人父母的重大意義。  這些離樹甚遠的果子與親代毫不相像,沒有從垂直的血緣關係遺傳到相同的外型、能力、智商或性向,因此也無法從

748 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 13, 2016

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Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon writes about politics, culture, and health. He lives in New York and London. He has written for many publications--such as the New York Times, The New Yorker and Artforum--on topics including depression, Soviet artists, the cultural rebirth of Afghanistan, Libyan politics, and deaf culture. He is also a Contributing Writer for Travel and Leisure. In 2008, he was awarded the Humanitarian Award of the Society of Biological Psychiatry for his contributions to the field of mental health. He has a staff appointment as a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Cornell Medical School (Weill-Cornell Medical College).

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