We like to be different, but not too different, to fit in yet still be individual.
It’s a tension that gets played out in various ways. By parents who want their children to have a “normal” life, to find friends and not be teased. Yet parents can also take great pride in their children being extra-ordinary, better than average and more talented than the norm.
Four celebrated writers challenge us to think deeply about difference and self acceptance:
- Andrew Solomon author and winner of the National Book Award; Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity (Random House Australia, 2012) and The Noonday Demon (Scribner, 2002)
- Jo Case author of s (Hardie Grant, 2013)
- Robert Hoge author of Ugly
- A.M Homes author and winner of 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction, May We Be Forgiven (Penguin, 2013) and The Mistress’s Daughter (Penguin, 2008)
This program was recorded at the Sydney Town Hall as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Listen or download podcast (off-site)- Topics:
- Inclusion and access
- Author:
- Life Matters
- Source:
- ABC Radio National
- Date published:
- Fri 30th May, 2014