When mama can't kiss it better : a journey of unconditional love, loss, and acceptance /
by Lori Gertz.
- Sarasota, FL : First Edition Design Publishing, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
The raw account of a true story that shocked the nation in 2010. Gertz was America's most hated mother when news of a decision to place her adopted child in another family broke in the media. Called out by many as an unfit mother and an evil woman who threw away her child, she was catapulted into the national and international media. Her daughter, Emily suffered from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, reactive attachment disorder, bipolar disorder, and other disorders. She had never bonded with Lori, her father or her siblings and had begun a spiral of self-destruction that often involved running into traffic and other dangerous behaviors.
9781622877171
Adoptive parents--Biography. Special needs adoption. Attachment disorder in children. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.