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When Rain Hurts: An Adoptive Mother's Journey with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

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When Rain Hurts: An Adoptive Mother's Journey with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

By: Mary Evelyn Greene
Narrated by: Mary Beth Garber
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When Rain Hurts is the story of one mother’s quest to find a magical path of healing and forgiveness for her son, a boy so damaged by the double whammy of prenatal alcohol abuse and the stark rigors of Russian orphanage life that he was feral by the time of his adoption at age three. Bizarre behaviors, irrational thoughts, and dangerous preoccupations were the norm - no amount of love, it turns out, can untangle the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome.

More people are coping with and caring for those affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorders than individuals living with autism, but because there is a stigma associated with this preventable, devastating birth defect, it is a pandemic of disability and tragedy that remains underreported and underexplored. When Rain Hurts puts an unapologetic face to living and coping with this tragedy while doggedly searching for a more hopeful outcome for one beautiful, innocent, but damaged little boy.

©2013 Red Hen Press (P)2018 Red Hen Press Children's Health Motherhood Parenting & Families Relationships Special need Health Adoption Alcohol
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Interesting to see the heart felt story of adopting a child with complex needs and how the family coped throughout.

Interesting personal tale of adoption and FASD

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This was a brilliantly written and descriptive and raw account of the sheer love and struggle some wonderful people will endure to do goof in this world. The narration was unfortunately poor but still worth sticking with for the quality of the book.

Excellent informative book once used to hard going narration

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