num_pages: 264
description: 2015 IPPY Award Silver Medalist in the Parenting Category In moving and refreshingly candid prose Rescuing Julia Twice tells Trasters foreign-ado&lt;!--? prefix  st1 ns   /--&gt;ption story from dealing with the bleak landscape and inscrutable adoption handlers in Siberia to her feelings of inexperience and ambivalence at being a new mother in her early forties to her growing realization over months then years that something was not quite right with her daughter Julia who remained cold and emotionally detached. Why wouldnt she look her parents in the eye or accept their embraces? Why didnt she cry when she got hurt? Why didnt she make friends at school? Traster describes how uncertainty turned to despair as she blamed herself and her mothering skills for her daughters troublesome behavioral issues until she came to understand that Julia suffered from reactive attachment disorder a serious condition associated with infants and young children who have been neglected abused or orphaned in infancy. &lt;!--? prefix  o ns   /--&gt; Hoping to help lift the veil of secrecy and shame 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 to form a loving bond and concludes by providing practical advice strategies and resources for parents and caregivers.
language: English
title: Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother's Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder
publisher: Chicago Review Press