A heartfelt review of Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder posted on the Washington Post's parenting blog. Click here to read the complete review, "Finding a way to not feel alone after adopting."
In this interview on WAMC's "The Roundtable," Tina Traster, author of Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder, describes how with work, commitment and acceptance, she and her husband have been able to close the gulf between them and their daughter. Click here to listen to the full interview.
Rescuing Julia Twice was excerpted on TheAtlantic.com. Click here to read Tina Traster's exploration of learning how to bond with her daughter, who found comfort in the familiarity of being alone.
Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder was included in the New York Post's must-read books roundup. Read the roundup here.
Tina Traster's piece "You're Not My Real Mother," based on experiences included in her memoir Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder, was featured on The New York Times' popular parenting blog Motherlode. Read the complete post here.
Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder was excerpted on The Daily Beast. Click here to read "When An Adopted Child Won't Attach."
An essay by Tina Traster, author of the memoir Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder was featured on Redbook.com. Read the complete essay here.
A Q&A with Tina Traster, author of the memoir Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder posted to Parents.com. Tina discusses adoption, her experiences raising Julia and what inspired her to share her story. Check out the complete feature here.
Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder was reviewed in the May 2014 issue of Adoption Today. They said, "Rescuing Julia Twice is a good read to understand the journey of adoptive families and the struggle they sometimes experience parenting children from tough beginnings." Click here for the complete review.
Rescusing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder was positively reviewed in Publishers Weekly: "In this moving memoir, Traster exposes the 'dark underbelly' of the Russian adoption system and provides parents facing this disorder with valuable insight and information, as well as sharing her experience of learning what it truly means to be a mother."
Rescuing Julia Twice: A Mother’s Tale of Russian Adoption and Overcoming Reactive Attachment Disorder was positively reviewed in Library Journal: "[T]his title is indispensable for adoptive parents, relatives, and teachers."
