Rescuing Julia Twice ─ A Mother's Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder

In moving and candid prose, Rescuing Julia Twice tells Traster’s foreign-adoption story, from dealing with the bleak landscape and inscrutable adoption handlers in Siberia, to her gradual realization that something was "not quite right" with her daughter, Julia. Traster describes how uncertainty turned to despair until she learned that Julia suffered from reactive attachment disorder, a serious condition associated with young children who have been neglected, abused, or orphaned in infancy. Lifting the veil of secrecy that too often surrounds parents struggling with attachment issues, Traster describes how with work, commitment, and acceptance, she and her husband have been able to close the gulf between them and their daughter, then concludes with practical advice, strategies, and resources for parents and caregivers.

Tina Traster is an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work has appeared in the New York Times, New York Post, Time Out New York, the Daily Beast, Huffington Post, Family Circle, Parade, Audubon, and many more. Her quarterly column on PsychologyToday.com, "Against All Odds: Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder," offers updates on life with her daughter. Melissa Fay Greene is the award-winning author of six books of nonfiction. She and her husband are the parents of nine children: four by birth and five by adoption.