I’m afraid society has put a different meaning on what is normal. These days you can’t differentiate being normal from being regular, so I guess they are one and the same. Under most circumstances this is okay, but when a person’s preferences and beliefs are put into question and ridiculed – then that is an entirely different case. We’ve gone way past the era of racial profiling and discrimination, slavery, and gender inequality – so I guess we’ve made some real progress over the years. However, it’s no secret that a lot of families and communities regard anything (or anyone) outside the norms to be less of a person.
This may have been the case in Andrew Solomon’s life – at present, he is one of the wealthiest people in the literary industry, has a loving partner and son, and recently won a prestigious award for his book. It only shows that despite the many innuendos directed towards him during his teenage years, one can rise up to the call of the times and be his own success story. Now a proud husband, father, author, and trustee (of many fancy things and assets), Solomon is living proof that happiness and success in life knows no gender, age, background, or race.
His latest book highlights the many challenges and issues that children of an extraordinary make-up have to go through. It deals with the expectations and possibly, judgment, that people around them have for them – including their own families and parents. Solomon’s book is not only a literary masterpiece – it is a brilliant eye-opener and call to action. Check out more about his book, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity from your local bookstores now.