but, he spit in my coffee: A reads-like-fiction memoir about adopting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD)
by Keri Williams
From the book publicity:
The gripping and heart wrenching true story of a desperate mother
who 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-fiction memoir exposes the
dysfunctions of the child welfare and mental health systems and how they
fail kids with RAD and their families.
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