Broken

As much as people believe that social workers sole reason for existing is to remove children from "unfit" homes, you'd be surprised to know that in MSW programs you don't actually learn much about child welfare (unless that is your speciality). I learned more from this novel about child protective s......more

This is a well-written book. And the author deserves to be commended for her gift of story-telling. I want to go beyond the heart wrenching descriptions in order to critique this book properly. If this book had been written by parents who were negatively affected by CPS, I might have given it five s......more

This book is frightening! To think of how some of these poor women have had their children ripped from them. I’ve seen parents who needed their kids taken away and nothing gets done. Want to know a secret? They were all white. I wonder how many kids are failed from CPS. I am a mandated reporter myse......more