No Matter What: An Adoptive Family’s Story of Hope, Love and Healing by Sally Donovan (2013)
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This is the true story of Sally and Rob Donovan, who built a family by adopting two children after struggling with infertility. It follows the couple from infertility to approval and placement, describing their emotional journey to help their children heal from past trauma with love and dedication as they parent through the effects of early abuse and neglect.
It’s widely cited as an honest, practical account that mixes wit and humour with resilience and unflinching detail about the impact of trauma. This is a poignant book for anyone looking for lived accounts of the realities of trauma-informed family life, covering dysregulation, hypervigilance and shame.
