We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America -- Roxanna Asgarian, Paperback History - U.S. and the devoted angler alike

and the devoted angler alike

And together

It's time to shun our perfectionist society and discover the beauty in everything

both natural and cultural history

She's also fleeing her suffocating small town and her family's expectations

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America -- Roxanna Asgarian, Paperback History - U.S. and the devoted angler alikeWinner of the 2023 National Book Critics Circle for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A Washington Post best nonfiction book of 2023 Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction "A riveting indictment of the child welfare system . . . [A] bracing gut punch of a book." Robert Kolker, The Washington Post "[A] moving and superbly reported book." Jessica Winter, The New Yorker "A harrowing account . . . [and] a powerful critique