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The Road of Lost Innocence: As a girl she was sold into sexual slavery, but now she rescues others. The true story of a Cambodian heroine.
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.76092
Fabric Type: 9780385526210
Legal Disclaimer: 0385526210
Maximum Color Depth: Spiegel & Grau
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Publisher: 1
Region Code: 208
Total External Bays Free: September 09, 2008
Total Firewire Ports: Spiegel & Grau
Total Parallel Ports: September 09, 2008
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A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the Somaly Mam Foundation.
A riveting, raw, and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope
Born in a village deep in the Cambodian forest, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather when she was twelve years old. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. Trapped in this dangerous and desperate world, she suffered the brutality and horrors of human trafficking—rape, torture, deprivation—until she managed to escape with the help of a French aid worker. Emboldened by her newfound freedom, education, and security, Somaly blossomed but remained haunted by the girls in the brothels she left behind.
Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of Lost Innocence recounts the experiences of her early life and tells the story of her awakening as an activist and her harrowing and brave fight against the powerful and corrupt forces that steal the lives of these girls. She has orchestrated raids on brothels and rescued sex workers, some as young as five and six; she has built shelters, started schools, and founded an organization that has so far saved more than four thousand women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Her memoir will leave you awestruck by her tenacity and courage and will renew your faith in the power of an individual to bring about change.
To learn more about how you can help fight human trafficking, visit the foundation’s website: www.somaly.org.
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Though one of the reviewer's account printed on the back page called Somaly's book 'unputdownable", I have found myself putting it down many times, so overwhelmed and stricken I was by the descriptions of the torture and behaviour inflicted upon children as young as 5 or 6 years old, who have become fodder to the child sex slavery industry.
This book should be required reading in high schools for teenagers about to reach adulthood, to show what is happening in the world today, which ... Read More
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Her soul is hauntingly beautiful and her experience is hauntingly painful. I finished this book three months ago and knew I had to pass it on. The person I gave it to said they had to pass it on... and so on... and so on. Within a few months this book has been passed on to six people.
I will NEVER forget this woman's story. How could you?
A must read.
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This book is incredible. It will break your heart, bring you to tears, and by the end you'll know a little more about the world we live in. Somaly Mam chronicles her upbringing in Cambodia. Being sold to a man, who in turn sells her to a brothel, Somaly discusses her life as a child prostitute who was horrifically beaten and raped. She details the cruelty she faced with brutal honesty. She also begins to discuss her awakening to a wider world. An aid worker befriends her, and their marriage brings ... Read More
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Somaly Mam's autobiography is both terrible and terrifying, as we see what members of mankind (parents, traffickers, pimps, government officials) do and are allowed to do with innocent children (even their own). She also paints a bleak picture of her mother country, Cambodia.
Sex trade
The sale of women and female children has always existed in Cambodia.
Parents consider their offspring as money on legs, an asset, as cattle. A 12-year old virgin girl can be sold for 50 to ... Read More
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This is the most amazing, compelling book I have ever read. It reveals what mainstream media ignores: the severe level of violence and human suffering that young women and children endure on a daily basis in the hands of Human Traffickers. It also explains the social, cultural, political, and economic factors that shape this multi-billion-dollar industry. The world needs to wake up to Human Trafficking. This book will open your eyes. She pulls no punches. It is not for the faint of heart. As deep and ... Read More
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