Johanna Garton is a journalist and attorney in Denver, Colorado, who has long been attracted to exploring the world. Her first book, Awakening East: Moving Our Adopted Children Back to China, is a memoir about the challenges of moving with her husband and two children from the United States to experience life in China for a year. Hailed as a unique and thoughtful mixture of humor and poignancy, Awakening East has been widely read throughout the adoption community and beyond. Johanna blogs about being a writer, mother, and more at johannagarton.com.
