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Winner 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 of [the] foster care system . . . We Were Once a Family is a wrenching book. Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice One of Publishers Weekly''s best nonfiction books of 2023

The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six childrenand a searing indictment of the American foster care system.

On March 26, 2018, rescue worker

We Were Once a Family

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      Publisher Picador
      Published 3 December 2024
      ISBN-13 9781250321923
      978-1250321923
      ISBN-10 1250321921
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      True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner 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 of [the] foster care system . . . We Were Once a Family is a wrenching book. Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

      A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice One of Publishers Weekly''s best nonfiction books of 2023

      The shocking, deeply reported story of a murder-suicide that claimed the lives of six childrenand a searing indictment of the American foster care system.

      On March 26, 2018, rescue worker

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