ENGLISH

The Road of Lost Innocence

By Ruth , Mam , Somaly;Marshall

Book information

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group;Spiegel & Grau
Year
2008
ISBN
9780385528542, 038552854X, 9781299064911, 1299064914
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
270 kB (276610 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
viii, 193 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Child prostitution--Cambodia;Child sexual abuse--CSomaly;Afesip (Organization);Child prostitution --

Description

Born in a Cambodian village, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather at age twelve. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. 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. This book 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 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.--From publisher description.

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