We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in AmericaNew · Nonfiction, True Crime, Crime
We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
2023 · 320 pages · Nonfiction
59
New
★ 4.29 on Goodreads · 10K ratings
≈ 8 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2023). 4.29★ from 10K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
59Must-Read Score
- Critics44 out of 100 · counts 35%+18
- Readers62 out of 100 · counts 50%+35
- Buzz37 out of 100 · counts 15%+6
Where it ranks
- #87 of the 730 new books we rank
- #281 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- NBCC Award (Nonfiction) winner (2023)
Reads as
Gripping, True story, Dark
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