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A review by kshertz
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian
dark
informative
sad
slow-paced
4.0
It’s definitely an informative read but it’s just really heavy. I feel like I went into it thinking I was just gonna hear about this one story of this one family and they are talked about a lot but this author really goes into the systems that create a family like this and while I find that to be super important it wasn’t as interesting. But I did learn a lot of information that I can use as a teacher when thinking about CPS and the bigger systems that play that cause harmful situation is for students. Definitely recommend if you’re in the mood for something really heavy.
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting