A review by crayzikat
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

This was a tough one to listen to, of course. I either missed it at the beginning or it wasn't said, but I the author had a past that included some difficult family situations, so she could sympathize, if not empathize, with the children who we so abused in this situation. Everything was very well researched. The author comes up with some recommendations for change that may or may not work. It's a terribly complicated issue and certainly needs change, but I can't believe every foster care family or every institution is a problem. It's hard. It seems like there were several times the children in this foster family could have gotten help or could have been placed with relatives, but that never happened. It's sad and I know there's no easy answer.