Roxanna Asgarian

The true story in this audiobook is horrific, a tragedy on so many levels. The author did a good job of researching and getting to know the characters, in some cases, driving them to court. Not the usual role of a journalist, but her help was desperately needed and she bent the rules.

She also revealed at the end that she grew up in a home that was more abusive than these foster kids', but she was never moved to the foster care system, presumably because she was white and middle-class. The biggest focus of the book was -- Why were these kids of color removed from their extended families? Families that wanted to raise them?

A very moving story and highly recommended!… (more)

There were so many mistakes made in the care of these children. The safeguards that should protect them were not responsive. While the CPS system took away the rights of the birth families, the abuse of adoptive families seems to have been minimized. This led to a terrible tragedy. The system should try to help birth families stay together, even if it means finding relatives to care for children if mothers and fathers are not able.
My problem with the book is that the author became too personally involved in the story and I think it affected her objectivity.… (more)