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But, He Spit in My Coffee
- A Reads-Like-Fiction Memoir About Adopting a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
- Narrated by: Cindy Piller
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Publisher's summary
A desperate mother must grapple with impossible choices as her young son becomes too dangerous to live at home, but is only growing bigger, stronger, and more violent while in treatment. When Keri and her husband adopt Devon, he has concerning behaviors, but she's confident all he needs is the love of a forever family.
Devon's hidden history of early childhood trauma quickly takes center stage when Devon throws screaming fits, yanks his bedroom door off its hinges, chases his classmates with a knife, and pushes his younger brother down the stairs and viciously karate-chops him in the throat.
When Devon is admitted to a psychiatric residential treatment facility at age 10 and is diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), Keri is faced with an impossible choice -- Devon is too dangerous to live at home, but he's not getting better in treatment. Keri must race against time to find help for Devon and keep her other children safe, as he grows bigger, stronger, and more violent.
Based on a shocking true story, this reads-like-a-novel memoir exposes the dysfunctions of the child welfare and mental health systems and how they fail kids with RAD and their families.
- 2022 IndieReader Discovery Award Winner
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- 2022 Wishing Shelf Award Finalist
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- By: Sara Novic
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan, Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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True biz? The students at the River Valley School for the Deaf just want to hook up, pass their history finals, and have politicians, doctors, and their parents stop telling them what to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges listeners into the halls of a residential school for the deaf, where they’ll meet Charlie, a rebellious transfer student who’s never met another deaf person before; Austin, the school’s golden boy, whose world is rocked when his baby sister is born hearing; and February, the hearing headmistress.
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A good story with added features both intriguing and informational
- By A Signing Mom on 05-15-22
By: Sara Novic
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All That's Left of Me
- A Novel
- By: Janis Thomas
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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It starts with a simple wish, and Emma Davies hardly notices when it comes true. She’s too preoccupied with a life she isn’t happy in - the spark in her marriage has fizzled, her career is headed nowhere and her boss is a misogynist. Her teenage daughter has grown distant, and her heart breaks daily for her teenage son with cerebral palsy. But soon Emma discovers her wishes are coming true, and she realizes that she has been given the power to change her life. Either that, or she’s going insane.
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MADE ME THINK ABOUT MY LIFE . . . .
- By TONYA on 06-29-19
By: Janis Thomas
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Divided Minds
- Twin Sisters and Their Journey Through Schizophrenia
- By: Pamela Spiro Wagner, Carolyn S. Spiro MD
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr, Amanda Carlin
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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Divided Minds is a dual memoir of identical twins, one of whom faces a life sentence of schizophrenia and the other who becomes a psychiatrist after entering the spotlight that had for so long been focused on her sister.
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intense!
- By Snow Dunn on 09-12-19
By: Pamela Spiro Wagner, and others
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Broken
- A traumatised girl. Her troubled brother. Their shocking secret.
- By: Rosie Lewis
- Narrated by: Madeleine Gould
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Nine-year-old Archie and his five-year-old sister, Bobbi, are taken into emergency police protective custody after an incident of domestic violence at their family home. Rosie collects the children from their out-of-hours foster carer on New Year's Day and instantly recognises Archie from a domestic violence workshop she helped with. Rosie remembers that when asked what he enjoyed most about the course, Archie said, 'The biscuits'. Social workers are concerned that Archie and Bobbi have been neglected.
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Sad story
- By JaneMcFaddenStephens on 05-19-19
By: Rosie Lewis
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Little Earthquakes
- By: Jennifer Weiner
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
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Rebecca Rothstein Rabinowitz is a plump, sexy chef who has a wonderful husband, a restaurant that's received citywide acclaim, a beautiful baby girl and the mother-in-law from hell. Kelly Day's life looks picture-perfect. But behind the doors, she's struggling to balance work, motherhood, and marriage, while dealing with an unemployed husband who seems content to channel-surf for eight hours a day....
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More than your average "chick lit"
- By Tricia on 11-13-11
By: Jennifer Weiner
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If I am Missing or Dead
- A Sister's Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation
- By: Janine Latus
- Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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In April 2002, Janine Latus' youngest sister, Amy, wrote a note and taped it to the inside of her desk drawer. "Today Ron Ball and I are romantically involved", it read, "but I fear I have placed myself at risk in a variety of ways. Based on his criminal past, writing this out just seems like the smart thing to do. If I am missing or dead this obviously has not protected me...."
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All About Janine
- By Ellen on 07-02-07
By: Janine Latus
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The Smallest Part
- By: Amy Harmon
- Narrated by: Almarie Guerra
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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It was a big lie. The biggest lie she’d ever told. It reverberated through her head as she said it, ringing eerily. “Are you in love with Noah, Mercedes?” Cora asked. “I mean...I know you love him. You’ve been friends forever. We all have. But are you in love with him?” If it had been anyone else - anyone - Mercedes would have stuck out her chest, folded her skinny arms, and let her feelings be known. She would have claimed him. But it was Cora. Brave, beautiful, broken Cora, and Cora loved Noah too. So Mercedes lied. And with that lie, she lost him.
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✫✫ 4 Stars ✫✫
- By ❤️Cyndi Marie❤️🎧Audiobook Addicts🎧 on 09-03-18
By: Amy Harmon
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Everything You Ever Wanted
- A Memoir
- By: Jillian Lauren
- Narrated by: Jillian Lauren
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei's harem, an experience she immortalized in her best-selling memoir, Some Girls. In her 30s, Jillian's most radical act is learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian child with special needs.
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Great for adoptive families
- By berry bomb on 07-06-22
By: Jillian Lauren
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By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
- By: Julie Anne Peters
- Narrated by: Kathryn Merry
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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After a lifetime of being bullied, Daelyn is broken beyond repair. She has tried to kill herself before, and is determined to get it right this time. Though her parents think they can protect her, she finds a Web site for "completers" that seems made just for her. She blogs on its forums, purging her harrowing history. At her private Catholic school, the only person who interacts with her is a boy named Santana. No matter how poorly she treats him, he just won’t leave her alone. And it's too late for Daelyn to be letting people into her life...isn’t it?
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a lot of build up to nothing
- By Tara on 09-01-19
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The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things (15th Anniversary Edition)
- By: Carolyn Mackler
- Narrated by: Laura Knight Keating
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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Carolyn Mackler's Printz Honor book - starring the unforgettably funny, body-conscious Virginia Shreves - returns in this 15th anniversary edition featuring text updates and never-before-heard material from the author. Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a plus-sized black sheep in her family, especially next to her perfect big brother Byron. Not to mention her best friend has moved, leaving Virginia to navigate an awkward relationship with a boy alone. In order to survive, Virginia decides to follow a "Fat Girl Code of Conduct", which works, until the unthinkable causes her family's facade to crumble.
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LOVE this
- By carrie sanabria on 11-26-18
By: Carolyn Mackler
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The Compound
- By: S. A. Bodeen
- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can't get out. He won't let them.
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Traumatizing
- By Ana on 09-08-17
By: S. A. Bodeen
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Hope and Other Luxuries
- A Mother’s Journey Through a Daughter’s Anorexia
- By: Clare B. Dunkle
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 22 hrs and 4 mins
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Clare Dunkle seemed to have an ideal life - two beautiful, high-achieving teenage daughters, a loving husband, and a satisfying and successful career as a children's book novelist. But it's when you let down your guard that the ax falls. Just after one daughter successfully conquered her depression, another daughter developed a life-threatening eating disorder.
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Potent and Real
- By Susie on 09-17-15
By: Clare B. Dunkle
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If you can't explain your adopted child's behavior, it's probably RAD!
The most relevant book on adoption plus trauma I've ever read!! I appreciate your honesty and relatable style of writing! I could identify with so much of what you and your family experienced. Our daughter is now attending a therapeutic boarding school in Jamaica that specializes in RAD! It's an absolutely blessing to have found them!
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- Sarah D.
- 10-27-24
Validation
Reading this book felt like she was writing about my son, right down to the issues with the shoes.
This sheds light on our very very broken mental health system.
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- Lisa R.
- 06-03-22
Brave and Courageous!
If you really want to understand the mass violence incidents that are happening in the world today, please read Keri’s story which reads like fiction but it is a real testament to what is happening today because there are truly no mental health resources to help those who have been traumatized/victimized at an early age. The system is broken. We need to understand that these horrific incidents are a societal issue that needs attention and action NOW.
Please read and share and you will understand how real this struggle is. We, as a society, will continue to reap the consequences of taking no action to fix a broken system and, instead, we will continue to blame poor parenting, police inaction, weapons, etc. instead of addressing the real issue of having inadequate resources to treat those suffering from mental illnesses.
(Spoiler alert, there is a haunting reference to the MSD tragedy in this book as Keri’s son was born on Feb 14th and turned 16 on the very same day of this horrific tragedy. This really hit it home for me as victims of that tragedy live in my neighborhood. To this day the MSD tragedy has effected everyone in our community and continues to have a ripple effect on the mental health of those that live in the community.)
I’m an thankful to the author for sharing her story to make others aware, as I know it must have been very painful to share and re-live all the intimate details of her life! Vivid and graphic storytelling and, at times, had me gasping!
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- Michael Siegert
- 01-07-23
Honest and helpful
Keri Williams does a phenomenal job sharing her story. I was instantly engaged and remained glued to the story. Her message is so important and I’m glad she was brave enough to shed light on this challenging diagnosis.
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- 03-07-24
A very accurate account of raising a child with RAD.
We adopted our son from foster care. I thought I was going crazy with the behaviors I was experiencing and could see happening that no one else seemed to. I have been blamed as not parenting well and everyone sees my son as charming, polite, and well behaved. It is validating to hear I am not crazy and not alone.
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- 12-26-22
A must read for anyone who knows someone with a RAD child.
If you are raising a child with RAD, I suspect this story will sound like an echo of your life. I believe this book is a beacon for Rad families in another way….to provide a window to all of those who have no idea what it’s like. The more Rad is brought forward and a light is shown on the trauma, isolation, and judgment that these families experience will hopefully lead to help and a better understanding of this complex disorder.
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- P Booker
- 01-04-23
Thank You!
I am a 4.5 yr foster momma and we adopted in 2021. I appreciate your first-hand knowledge. So many families are struggling and suffering in silence. Our adoption was a blessing, but I have friends who are living the nightmare you described in your book. My heart aches for them tenfold after reading your book. God bless you and your children for sharing your trials with all of us.
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- 06-16-22
She puts into words what most can't say.
I have read a lot of books on trauma, raising kids from hard places, and early childhood trauma. This is the first book I have read where I felt the author actually understood what I'm living through.
her raw honesty is something we need more of. She shows an accurate picture of how kids with RAD manipulate, triangulate, and even self harm in order to get what they want. Leaving their primary care givers to suffer.
Above all else, I think she makes you feel the false hope. You cling to the hope that the next treatment, medication, parenting style, facility, diagnosis, etc. will be the thing that finally makes the difference. Instead, you are left with more hurt and disappointment. Even to the very end of the book you find yourself clinging to hope.
So many times through this book I listened to the words, knowing I have had that same conversation, I've lived through that experience, or I've been that furious that no one would believe me. She captures what so many parents of kids with RAD have experienced.
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- Rebecca
- 10-03-22
Spot on
Excellent book. Glad this book was written. It makes my life with a borderline personality child seem easy. Makes me feel less alone.
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- Psalm119v105
- 06-23-22
So many similarities to our own story
I put off reading this book because I knew it would hit close to home; and it did. The struggles our families have faced are so incredibly similar… the expectations vs reality of trying to find our child help is so heartbreakingly accurate. I am grateful someone was able to put it into words; in a story that engages the reader and also brings awareness to developmental trauma. If anything, it gives perspective and rare insight into the lives of parents raising children who were once severely neglected and suffering from attachment disorders.
As a mom who’s been there- I am glad I listened to the notes after the story. Throughout the book the mom struggles with “if only we had known sooner and been able to get help earlier” which is something we all struggle with- but my child was diagnosed at 3 and has been in attachment based therapy ever since. Forrest Lien was her counselor at 10 and at 14 she’s still struggling and prefers not living in the family home. We were once told (by a neuropsychologist) that if we get her to 18 without police involvement then we’ve been successful parents. Talk about setting the bar low. She was 8 at the time. The only thing that could have prevented or helped our daughter would be going back to her birth mother’s story and helping her not repeat the cycle of drug use & neglect.
The neighbors, extended family, and countless others don’t understand how we could “send her away” but I will now recommend this book to anyone willing to gain perspective on what raising a child with reactive attachment disorder looks like.
Great narration in the audible too!
Worth the read/listen!!
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