Love Never Quits: Surviving and Thriving After Infertility, Adoption and Reactive Attachment Disorder - Softcover

Heumann, Gina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1733793003 ISBN 13: 9781733793001

Publisher: MadLand Press, 2019

Synopsis

WHACK... At three in the morning Gina was sound asleep, yet somehow she was smacked in the head. She looked over at her husband, thinking perhaps he accidentally rolled over and flopped his arm on top of her, but he was sleeping soundly and facing the opposite direction. She turned to the other side and glaring back at her was her eight-year-old child. “Did you just hit me?” “Yes, and I’d do it again.” “Whyyyy?” “Because you took away my video games.” “That was EIGHT HOURS AGO. And you’re still mad about it?” “I wish I could kill you.” This is the true story of the hell one family lived through parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder, a severe diagnosis related to children who experienced early-childhood trauma. This inspirational story covers over a decade of daily struggles until they finally found resolution and made it to the other side. The family remained intact, and this once challenging son is now achieving things never thought possible.

About this title

About the Author:

Gina Heumann is a true Renaissance woman: wife, mother, architect, designer, instructor, award-winning author, speaker, and sales rep for an award-winning Napa Valley winery. She and her husband, Aaron, adopted Landrey in 2001 from Guatemala and then went back for Maddox three years later. Gina's love of learning and dedication as a mother inspired her research of different treatments and therapies that eventually led to this inspirational success story about conquering Reactive Attachment Disorder. For more information, visit ginaheumann.com.

Review:

                                             Five Stars From Readers' Favorite
Love Never Quits is a true to life memoir penned by author Gina Heumann which recounts the experience of 'Surviving and Thriving After Infertility, Adoption and Reactive Attachment Disorder'. This heart-breaking but ultimately heart-warming family drama focuses on Gina and Aaron, a married couple who want to have children, but find themselves unable to conceive. When they adopt Landrey from Guatemala, and later Maddox, their lives change in unbelievable ways. Maddox suffers from RAD, a condition suffered by children who experience very early trauma in their lives. The memoir recounts the whole experience of learning to raise a child with RAD, through its pitfalls and the eventual success of holding a family together and seeing their son thrive.  

The many challenges of life are explored with a kind and calm narration by author Gina Heumann, who has much to teach readers about patience, faith and never giving up on those that you love. The prose is well delivered and beautifully formatted into easily digestible chapters, moving the initial stages of the tale along at a pace so she can focus on those most turbulent times with Maddox, and how she and her family got through them together. It was fascinating to read this honest, and often shocking, account of how RAD manifests itself, but Gina has a way of not dwelling on the most heart-breaking parts, focusing instead on the determination to help this poor child get over his traumas. Overall, Love Never Quits is a moving memoir and highly recommended for any parent.
-Reviewed by K.C. Finn for Readers' Favorite

Love Never Quits is a recipient of the prestigious Mom's Choice Award. The Mom's Choice Awards® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for parents and educators and is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. Using a rigorous evaluation process, entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal and cost. Around the world, parents, educators, retailers and members of the media trust the MCA Honoring Excellence seal when selecting quality products and services for families and children

About this edition

• Publisher: MadLand Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1733793003
• ISBN 13: 9781733793001
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246