We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction | 2023 | Winner |
About This Book
Roxanna Asgarian investigates the 2018 Hart family murders — in which Jennifer and Sarah Hart drove their adopted children, all Black, off a California cliff — and exposes the failures of child welfare systems that repeatedly ignored signs of abuse. Winner of the NBCC Award for Nonfiction and the Lukas Book Prize.
About the Author
Roxanna Asgarian is an American journalist and author specializing in criminal justice, child welfare, and family separation. She has written for Texas Monthly, The Marshall Project, ProPublica, and other investigative publications. We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America (2023) won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Read more →
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