Describes Holt Ilsan Center and its residents. This book was first published in Korean.

All children need love, but for troubled children a loving home is not always enough. Children who have experienced trauma need to be parented in a special way that helps them feel safe and secure, builds attachments and allows them to heal.

Playfulness, acceptance, curiosity and empathy (PACE) are four valuable elements of parenting that, combined with love, can help children to feel confident and secure. This book shows why these elements are so important to a child’s development, and demonstrates to parents and carers how they can incorporate them into their day-to-day parenting. Real life examples and typical dialogues between parents and children illustrate how this can be done in everyday life, and simple stories highlight the ideas behind each element of PACE.

This positive book will help parents and carers understand how parenting with love and PACE is invaluable to a child’s development.

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About the Author: Kim S. Golding is a consultant clinical psychologist with a longstanding interest in parenting. She is the author of Nurturing Attachments, published by Jessica Kingsley Publisher.

Daniel A. Hughes is a psychologist who specializes in working with children and young people with trauma/attachment problems and their families. He developed Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, and is the President of the Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Institute, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of several books including Building the Bonds of Attachment, 2nd edition.

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By the Same Author: Nurturing Attachments: Supporting Children Who Are Fostered or Adopted (2007); Nurturing Attachments Training Resource: Running Parenting Groups for Adoptive Parents and Kinship Carers (2013); and Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children: Creative Ideas for Therapy, Life Story Work, Direct Work and Parenting (2014), among others.

A Hollywood publicist seeking help for her emotionally disturbed adopted son, finds herself on a challenging journey that leads her to a surprising destination—self-love. In A Cry for Light, Janet Alston Jackson unveils Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), and shares the process of mindfulness to successfully heal her broken heart, move on with her life, and regain her detached son. Her profound and insightful journey provides inspiration and support from someone who has been there. It doesn’t matter if you’re a parent or not, reading this book and identifying RAD symptoms in your relationships is for anyone who needs to learn an important rule in dealing with someone who is detached: take care of yourself, too. About the Author: Janet Alston Jackson has facilitated self awareness workshops to a variety of audiences since 1993. She has been a guest on numerous radio talk shows around the country, and has made appearances on KCET, public television. She was a publicist for CBS and ABC Television Networks for 17 years.

In Cry of the Nightbird: Writers Against Domestic Violence, thirty-eight writers speak out in more than fifty prose and poetry pieces of a hidden tragedy: violence in homes, living in fear, and forced silence. Authors from every walk of life and every aspect of this difficult issue raise their voices as one to end this silence, to bring freedom and release for themselves and others. These words will inform and inspire readers: give them eyes to see, a way to express, and motivation to act. Proceeds from sales of Cry of the Nightbird: Writers Against Domestic Violence will be donated to YWCA Sonoma County to benefit their Domestic Violence Programs. Compiler’s Note: See, “Losing Abby” by Robyn Anderson, pp. 117-19.

From the Back Cover: Inside the Terrifying World of an Abused Child

Cry Out! is a shocking, searing account of child abuse told from the child’s point of view. It is a nightmare of torment, terror, and desperation. It is also a story of hope. And it is true in its entirety. Written in a graphic and unsparing style, this haunting book may stun your sensibilities, but you will not be able to put it down.

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About the Author: P.E. Quinn has been a featured speaker at the National Conference on Child Victimization. He is a child advocate, write, and speaker with ICARE, a Hermitage, Tennessee-based organization dedicated to the elimination of child abuse. His other books on child abuse include Spare the Rod and Renegade Saint, both published by Abingdon Press.

Two weeks after saying farewell to her first foster child, Casey is asked to look after Sophia, a troubled 12-year-old with a sad past. Sophia’s actions are disturbing and provocative and, before long, Casey and her family find themselves in a dark and dangerous situation, leading Casey to question whether she is really cut out for foster care. Two years ago Sophia’s mother had a terrible accident. Sophia has been in care ever since. Right away, Casey feels something isn’t right. Sophia’s a well-developed girl, who looks more like 18 than 12. She only seems to have eyes and ears for men, and treats all women with contempt and disgust. And she has everyone around her jumping through hoops. Over time, as more details begin to emerge about Sophia’s past, it becomes clear that her behaviour is a front for an early life filled with pain and suffering. But although Casey feels she is gradually breaking through to Sophia and getting her to open up about things she has never spoken about before, her violence is threatening the safety of the whole family, forcing Casey to question whether she can really handle this lost and damaged girl. Both shocking and inspiring, this true story will shed new light on the extreme and sometimes dangerous nature of foster care.

From the Back Cover: By the time Bonnie Buxton’s adopted daughter Colette entered first grade her parents were coping with frequent stealing and lying by the little girl, and the looming necessity of years of special education. At fourteen, Colette discovered drugs and sex; by eighteen, she was a crack addict living on the streets. After years of frustration consulting many therapists, a TV news story gave Bonnie the answer she was looking for—and sent her on a productive quest for a diagnosis and help for Colette, and their whole family.

Part heartfelt memoir, part practical guide, Damaged Angels recounts Bonnie Buxton’s years-long struggle to raise a child whose biological mother drank alcohol during pregnancy. Not since Michael Dorris’s The Broken Cord has a book offered so much insight into this preventable social problem. Buxton’s uniquely helpful book offers guidance to parents like her, as well as caregivers, teachers, and pediatricians who work with children afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Damaged Angels will aid and comfort all those affected by FASD, and help reduce the number of babies born with this disorder in the future.

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About the Author: Bonnie Buxton’s journalism has appeared in many North American magazines and newspapers. She and her husband Brian Philcox live in Toronto, and are cofounders of FASworld Canada, which works at building awareness of FASD worldwide. When the U.S. Congress voted to recognize FASD awareness by proclaiming September 9, 2004, “FAS Day,” Ms. Buxton and others were cited in the Senate for their work and recognized in the Congressional Record.

This shocking and thought-provoking account is the true story of emotionally lost children and how some found their way back. Like a diamond in the rough, all of the kids who killed were tough and protected on the outside while hiding a glimmer of promise inside. For many of these children, the Thomas’s were their last hope. With the guidance of this courageous family, their stories of survival and victory break the unwritten code of silence about children without a conscience. Through therapeutic intervention comes the spellbinding metamorphosis of nine children. Although it stems from the deepest of human suffering, each shining triumph will leave you uplifted and celebrating life.

From the Dust Jacket: “The photo of the little girl was grainy black and white, even a little blurred. There was no pretty background, no fun props, and no cute outfit. Her bangs were uneven and jaggedly cut, and she wasn’t smiling. She had a vacant, distant look in her eyes. But it was those eyes that pulled me in and grabbed my heart.” I looked at my husband and said ‘Bernie, she needs us.’ He answered, ‘I know.’”

When young Danielle was rescued from a dark room in her mother’s filthy, roach-infested home, she spoke only in grunts and yelps, walked on her tiptoes, was not toilet-trained, and drank from a baby bottle. She was almost seven years old.

This book shares the deeply moving story of how Diane and Bernie Lierow were led to this remarkable little girl and became determined to overcome’ every obstacle so that she would become their daughter and receive the care and love that all children deserve.

A special ed classroom at Sanders Memorial Elementary School in Land O’Lakes, Florida, was where they would first meet Danielle, the child whose photo had captivated them at an adoption event several weeks earlier. They were filled with excitement, but also trepidation: What if they saw her and decided that she was just too much for them to handle? What if she harmed their son Willie, or took too much of their attention away from him? What if this young girl who drooled, bit her own arms and hands, and did not engage with others, threw a tantrum at the sight of them?

Once the Lierows entered the classroom, their fears fell away in a moment that was as surprising as it was simple—the moment when a little game with a Slinky toy established their first bond with Dani and marked the beginning of their new life together as a family.

Even more remarkable is what has happened since—how the Lierows learned to satisfy their daughter’s craving for contact and stimuli, how Dani began to overcome her severe learning disabilities, how she learned she no longer had to steal food, and how their son Willie may be the greatest brother ever.

Charting a perilous journey from hardship to hope, love, and a second chance at life, Dani’s Story is a book you cannot put down and, like the girl in the photo, you will never forget.

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Diane and Bernie Lierow are parents to six children, including Dani, as well as foster parents. Their story won a Pulitzer Prize for the St. Petersburg Times and was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. They live on a farm in Tennessee with miniature horses, goats, chickens, and Great Pyrenees dogs.

Kay West is a veteran print media journalist who has also written three books.

From the Publisher: Emerging science has helped us to understand children better from a neurological and behavioral standpoint. Yet, all the academic research coupled with the best diagnoses for children can still leave parents feeling completely powerless. In her book, Dare to Love, Heather Forbes, LCSW, describes in detail, through a series of questions and answers, how to merge science into everyday parenting. This book gives practical, effective, and loving solutions for any parent struggling with his or her child. It will leave you feeling empowered, hopeful, and excited to be a parent, again.

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About the Author: Heather T. Forbes, LCSW, is co-founder and owner of the Beyond Consequences Institute. Forbes has worked with nationally recognized attachment professionals in the field of trauma and attachment since 1999. She is an internationally published author on the topics of adoptive motherhood, raising children with difficult and severe behaviors, and self-development. Forbes lectures, consults, and coaches parents throughout the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., working to create peaceful, loving families. She is passionate about supporting families by bridging the gap between academic research and “when the rubber hits the road” parenting. Much of her experience and insight on understanding trauma, disruptive behaviors, and adoption-related issues comes from her direct mothering experience of her two adopted children.

Derek was intelligent, kind, accepting, and taught those around him many life lessons, among them how to find joy. Even though he had severe cerebral palsy, couldn’t hear, talk, sit, or walk, his eyes, his smile, and his body language said loudly and clearly what he couldn’t vocalize or sign.

Ever feel a little different? Well, that’s how Laelia feels sometimes when playing with her friends. But little did she know that she would be flying across the ocean to meet someone just like her. Different Like Me is a book about special-needs adoption and a little girl’s adventures—in bright pink leg braces, of course!

From the Back Cover: Imagine being so consumed by rage that you are compelled to destroy everything in your world. Imagine feeling such primitive fury that your behavior becomes more animalistic than human. Imagine enduring these intense feelings—and being only five years old. ... This is the world of Jonathan Jacob Justice. Like hundreds of thousands of other children in our society, Jonathan suffers from attachment disorder, an inability to trust others caused by early abuse and neglect. Unless their disorder is properly diagnosed and treated, these children often grow up to vent their rage and pain on society. Don’t Touch My Heart tells Jonathan’s story. Ideal for parents of children with attachment disorder, therapists, doctors, teachers, and social workers, Don’t Touch My Heart provides hope for all who care about children and the future of our society.

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About the Author: Lynda Gianforte Mansfield is an award-winning writer, working primarily in the arena of print and broadcast advertising. Her work has appeared in both national and international publications, and on radio and television stations throughout Northern California. She is also the adoptive mother of an attachment disordered child.

Christopher H. Waldmann, M.A., L.P.C., is in private practice with Evergreen Consultants in Human Behavior in Evergreen, Colorado. He has been working with attachment disordered children and their families since 1983, and has been a consultant and therapeutic foster parent for The Attachment Center at Evergreen since 1985. He also conducts nationwide training sessions and workshops on attachment disorder for parents and professionals.

How does one deal with that deep down, tragically destructive pain that comes when he does what he sincerely believes God would have him do, only to watch his world crumble? In this book I share our experience of adopting a child and dealing with the deadly syndrome labeled “Reactive Attachment Disorder.” It is a simple label—but the consequences of this syndrome are far-reaching. We claim the promise that “All things work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.” Yet, there remains that question. Can His love truly redeem even this situation? About the Author: As an adoptive parent of six and foster parent to nineteen children, Meghan Stewart has a deep understanding of the feelings of rejection, confusion, and turmoil of loving and raising children who can not receive love. Her family has grown through involvement with private adoption organizations as well as state agencies. Wounded children all need loving families! Meghan hopes to speak to all who struggle with emotional pain, whether involved in the adoption arena or not. God can heal even the deepest of our pain! Meghan and her husband live in Penrose, CO, raising children, sharing love, and extending hope!

From the Back Cover: Stephen’s stories are filled with laughter, tears, challenges, and hope. This warmly personal portrayal of a child’s lifelong struggles with multiple medical disabilities—and his spirit that sustains him and enriches us all—is filled with tributes to and lessons for families, friends and caregivers of those with special needs.

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About the Author: Chrissy L. Nelson is Stephen’s adoptive mother. They have shared a remarkable journey together since she brought Stephen home as a two-year-old foster child. Eleven years later, they continue to instruct the lives of others. Chris, a nurse for 25 years, understands the struggles of being a single, foster, adoptive, and special-needs mother and caregiver. She is an active voice for children and adults with disabilities, both in the hospital and at home—an expert advocate for human rights. The recipient of national and community awards for her charitable work, Chris’s forthcoming books will honor everyday lives and those who have helped them, as well as focus on the needs, assets and difficulties of caregiving.

The central theme of the articles in this volume is the importance of promoting excellence in special needs adoption to ensure that each child who needs an adoptive family has the benefit of a loving, permanent family that can meet his or her needs.

Exposed to Hope presents thirteen stories of ordinary, extraordinary families who decided to embark on the process to adopt a blind or visually impaired child from China. Parents write honestly about the why, the how and the what happens next of the adoption process. Through real life examples, they share their experiences of meeting their sons and daughters for the first time, navigating the medical and educational system for visually impaired children, and what life as a family looks like for them. The intent for this book is to close the gap between concerns about adopting a child with a visual impairment and the reality of what is actually required, in the hope that more parents will move forward to adopt a child in need of a family.

From the Publisher: This book is a guide to understanding and protecting children and care providers involved in out-of-home or adoptive care. It is especially aimed at situations where there have been prior instances of abuse or current allegations of possible abuse. Families at Risk balances the need to protect children with concern for the well-being of families. Although originally written for foster-care situations, this book is directly applicable to older-child adoptions.

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About the Author: Jodee Kulp founded Graphic Arts in 1979. It is now one of the Twin Cities’ best known and most successful design production studios.

In addition, she and her husband, Karl, have cared for children in out-of-home care since 1980. Presently, they have adopted one daughter.

As Jodee’s involvement with social service agencies became more frequent and often frustrating, she decided to write and design a simple brochure for families dealing with child welfare services.

She discovered that when it comes to children in out-of-home care and their families, nothin is simple or easy. Asking questions and probing inconsistencies with the same tenacity she’s used to build a strong family and a successful business, Jodee Kulp spent two years writing this incredibly comprehensive and useful guide through the maze of hoops, barriers and pitfalls that surrogate families—and out-of-home children—face.

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By the Same Author: Our FAScinating Journey: The Best We Can Be: Keys to Brain Potential Along the Path of Prenatal Brain Injury (2002; 2nd ed., 2004).

From the Publisher: The Family Business is the true story of the adoption of William, a little boy with cerebral palsy, by a middle-aged couple with three birth children. It tells of the journey William and the other members of the family made to get to the point where they felt they were a whole family. The story describes the doubts of the parents in the early days, the confused feelings of William, and some of the frustrations and humorous adventures the family has had in the “disability world.” Narrated by the adoptive father, this is an honest and realistic account of adopting a child with a disability and the impact of adoption on the whole family. It explores the challenges of day-to-day family life and the importance of focusing on the child’s personality rather than his disability. Above all The Family Business provides a positive, upbeat account of the growth of love and the cementing of family bonds. Published as part of the successful Our Story series this book will appeal to adopters and prospective adopters, social workers, members of children’s disability teams and all childcare professionals.

From the Back Cover: Fantastic Antone Grows Up is a field guide to life with an adolescent or young adult with fetal alcohol syndrome/effects. Under the best of circumstances, adolescence is a trying time for young people and their families. The budding adult seeks independence and autonomy while the resistant child within longs for protection and structure; questions about sexuality and work, social commitments, and solitary accomplishments loom large and can create a family battlefield. For the challenged and challenging young people with FAS/E, the circumstances as they begin maturing are never the best.

In this sequel to Fantastic Antone Succeeds, young people with FAS/E and their caregivers report on their experiences coping with the problems of adolescence and young adulthood. Again the editors and authors have concentrated on the wisdom of practice, as they candidly convey which techniques worked and which did not during the difficult passages of the teenage years and beyond.

The twenty-one chapters are grouped according to theme. Section one discusses the meaning of success for adolescents and adults with FAS/E—the need to define success in new ways. Cindy Gere found her path to success, for example, through creative expression. She graduated from college with a degree in fine arts and successfully completed a program in art. Many of her paintings, including the one illustrating the cover of this book, provide a poignant and candid expression of what FAS/E means to her. Section two discusses strategies that work in areas such as counseling, education, sexuality, trouble with the law, and independent living. Section three covers what families need from the community, including innovative programs that help individuals with FAS/E, and how to get a diagnosis at adolescence. The book also contains important resources, organizations to contact, and Internet addresses.

More has been learned about how alcohol poisoning in the womb alters brain function and physical development since the release of Fantastic Antone Succeeds, but science is far from providing the answers that affected young people and their caregivers need. Until such answers are forthcoming, nothing can replace the voices of experience with their practical messages of coping, caring, loving, weeping, laughing, and—more often than might be expected—succeeding.

From the Dust Jacket: This book began with the First International Conference on Educating Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, held on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in spring 1991. Dr. Judith Kleinfeld brought together experienced teachers, professionals and parents to explore the issue: How do we educate the alcohol-affected children whose numbers appear to be increasing in the schools, especially schools in remote northern communities with high levels of alcoholism? What can parents do in the home and what can educators do through the schools?

Conference participants presented their personal and professional experiences working with alcohol-affected children. Contrary to stereotypes of hopeless brain damage, delinquency, and victimization, many of the children were thriving and succeeding. A remarkable outcome of the conference was the discovery that teachers, parents, therapists and researchers from all over the world have independently devised very similar educational techniques that enabled these children to progress far beyond what had been thought possible.

Several themes emerged from the conference:

The negative stereotypes of alcohol-affected children are highly misleading.

Early intervention and excellent family care make an enormous difference to the success and happiness of children with FAS/FAE.

We can identify specific educational strategies that help alcohol-affected children learn in the classroom and the home.

The chapters in Fantastic Antone Succeeds! expand on these themes and provide what educators call the wisdom of practice—the lessons and inventions of experience. The experiences are presented in the form of narratives—stories of people’s lives—rather than sterile lists of educational techniques. These stories emphasize that alcohol-affected children are not all alike. What works for one family and one child may not work for another. Educational strategies must be adapted to different families and to different cultural contexts. But inventive and loving parents and teachers are figuring out what to do and finding that much can be done.

Without minimizing the seriousness of FAS/FAE and the first priority—prevention—this book provides practical educational tools and strategies that can help alcohol affected individuals and their families lead happier, more productive lives.

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About the Author: Judith Kleinfeld is a professor of psychology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She developed and now directs the UAF Northern Studies Program, an interdisciplinary masters program for students interested in the circumpolar north. In 1987 she created and became the first director of the Teachers for Rural Alaska Program, an innovative teacher education program using the case method to prepare excellent teachers for village schools. Since 1969 she has done research on educational and northern policy issues. Her findings have been published in numerous professional journals and in a biweekly column in Alaska’s major newspapers as well as many outside the state. In recognition of her work, she received in 1993 the UAF Emil Usibelli Distinguished Research Award. Dr. Kleinfeld earned her Ed.M. in 1967 and Ed.D. in 1970 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Siobhan Wescott is currently working towards a Masters in Public Health with an emphasis on behavioral sciences and health education. She first became interested in fetal alcohol syndrome while a legislative assistant for Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota. Ms. Wescott published several articles on various aspects of FAS FAE in Winds of Change, a Native American magazine. She is a member of the board of directors of the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. After completing the requirements for her degree, Ms. Wescott plans to pursue her interest in finding creative solutions for educating women about the effects on children of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and on caring for children who are alcohol-affected.

Brandi Rarus was just six when spinal meningitis took away her hearing. Because she spoke well and easily adjusted to lip reading, she was mainstreamed in school and socialized primarily in the hearing community. Brandi was a popular, happy teen, but being fully part of every conversation was an ongoing struggle. She felt caught between two worlds—the Deaf and the hearing. In college, Brandi embraced Deaf Culture along with the joys of complete and effortless communication with her peers. Brandi went on to become Miss Deaf America in 1988 and served as a spokesperson for her community. It was during her tenure as Miss Deaf America that Brandi met Tim, a leader of the Gallaudet Uprising in support of selecting the university’s first Deaf president. The two went on to marry and had three hearing boys—the first non-deaf children born in Tim’s family in 125 years. Brandi was incredibly grateful to have her three wonderful sons, but couldn’t shake the feeling something was missing. She didn’t know that Zoe, a six-month-old Deaf baby girl caught in the foster care system, was desperately in need of a family unafraid of her different needs. Brandi found the answer to her prayers when fate brought her new adopted daughter into her life. Set against the backdrop of Deaf America, Finding Zoe is an uplifting story of hope, adoption, and everyday miracles.

From the Foreword: A “must have” book for both adoptive parents and for those professionals who help adoptive families forge new ties. ... the author, herself an adoptive parent, addresses a wide variety of very complex topics with a marked sensitivity to the varying needs of children who may have had a wide range of early life experiences. Although in general the text is easy to read and understand, there is a glossary for those who might be unfamiliar with some of the terminology. References are made to well-established issues as well as to some of the newer research on the impact of early abuse and neglect on brain development. I particularly appreciated the special focus on identifying abnormal arousal patterns and helping the child with these. Parents and professionals alike will value the specific ideas provided for coping with problem behaviors and for building closer family ties.

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About the Author: Caroline Archer is an adoptive parent. Adoption UK is a registered charity which aims at to provide information, support and advice for prospective and existing adoptive parents and long-term foster carers.

This unique book has been written for those parenting children / young people with FASD (Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders) by Dr. Mary Mather, widely regarded as one of the UK’s foremost medical experts on FASD and Julia Brown, CEO of The FASD Trust, the UK’s leading charity in this field. Julia and her husband are parents of two children with FASD and she brings her practical, real life knowledge of strategies that are helpful on a daily basis, alongside Dr. Mather’s medical expertise explaining the reasons behind the child’s behaviour and responses. Whilst this book is a must for any parent or carer with a child affected by FASD, it will also be of value to professionals particularly in social work, mental health and counselling / therapy who are supporting families affected by FASD.

From the Back Cover: There are some things for which nothing in life prepares you. When we were in the ER the day my son Joseph died all I could think was “He was only eleven years old! His life was supposed to get better!” Joseph was my son for 8 of his 11 short years. His life was never easy due to the abuse he suffered prior to coming to my home. Joseph suffered with PTSD, bipolar disorder, and opposition defiance disorder and waged a constant internal war between wanting to be the best he could be and needing to release anger deeply imbedded in him. Every day I had Joseph was a challenge and a blessing. He was a loving, angry, destructive, intelligent, creative, artistic, and challenging child. Joseph taught me to love without boundaries. To forgive when I did not think I could and to be strong when I felt weak. He enriched my life, tried my patience and swelled my heart. This is the story of how Joseph became my youngest son.

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About the Author: I am a nurse by training, a mother by heart and a Christian by faith. I have been blessed to come from being an 18-year-old single mother, high-school dropout and former homeless person to a college-educated, career-oriented, home-owning, life-loving, single-again mother of three boys.

I believe God prepared me for raising Joseph with the experiences of my early life, my inquisitive and stubborn nature as well as my nursing career and the lessons I learned from the mistakes I made raising my oldest son and the knowledge gained from working with my autistic son for four years before Joseph joined our family.

For the Love of Rachel: A Father’s Story tells the story of David Loewenstein, Ph.D., and his wife as they sought to create the family they had longed for as youngsters. For the Love of Rachel tells how this young couple went through in vitro fertilization, of their child’s premature birth and extended hospital stay, and finally of traveling to China to adopt a sister. This book is intended for parents, families, and other interested persons who experience the problems associated with premature birth and special needs children. For the Love of Rachel includes a foreword written by Dr. Shahnaz Duara, Medical Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, FL. Dr. Duara helped care for Rachel during her time in the NICU, and comments “Rachel’s story is humbling.” Dr. Naseef noted that “For the Love of Rachel is a memoir of extraordinary power—which resonates deeply.”

The true story of a disabled refugee loved and brought up by Rachel Anderson and family.

From the Back Cover: Jennifer dropped to her knees, trying to make sense of the doctor’s diagnosis: “Your daughter has fetal alcohol syndrome.”

Her adopted daughter, Ashley, the blond, blue-eyed angel she longed and prayed for since she was a teenager, would forever be affected by her birthmother’s decision to drink during pregnancy. Ashley would suffer all her life from mental and physical birth defects that were completely preventable, and she would have less than a 10 percent chance of ever being able to live on her own.

In Forfeiting All Sanity: A Mother’s Story of Raising a Child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Jennifer Poss Taylor shares her family’s experience with FAS and the perseverance, sense of humor, and love that daily overcome its effects. Taylor’s honesty and personal insight will capture readers as she describes the daily challenges of raising a child with special needs. Every parent will be touched by this story.

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About the Author: Jennifer Poss Taylor is the mother of three adopted children, two of which have special needs. She graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies and then continued on in the field of educational diagnostics, while working with special needs children. She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband, David, and three children.