We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America Binding:Paperback In the fall of 1959

In the fall of 1959

Salama must learn to see the events around her for what they truly are--not a war

in the United States

A 2024 Good Housekeeping Kids' Book Award Winner

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America Binding:Paperback In the fall of 1959Winner 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