Solomon's Sword: Two Families and the Children the State Took Away

by Michael Shapiro

Book Overview

In an era when headlines often seem dominated by horrific stories about abused children, Solomon's Sword weaves together the elements of two painful custody battles into a memorable book that no... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812923944
• ISBN13: 9780812923940
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

timely delivery

The book came in a very timely manner. I was very pleased because I was on a timeline.

A reader

I was disappointed by the decisions of the judges in the LaFlammes case. But the Melton case was different. The reader gets 2 different stories about 2 different scenarios. I was kind of thrown off by the irrelevant stories that shapiro had thrown in. That is the only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars. It would have been a better read if the author would have just stuck to the point of the finalities and decisions of the stories instead of throwing in extra chapters that were kind of irrelevant to the other ones that actually had something to do with the cases mentioned. Other than that, great book

Must reading on how the judicial system fails chlidren

Shapiro applies his first-rate reporting skills to the issue of child neglect and delivers a book full of uncommon insights.