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As
a girl Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery in Cambodia, but now
she rescues others - a true memoir on prostitution, trafficking, activism.
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: http://www.somaly.org
About the Author
Somaly Mam is the cofounder of AFESIP (Acting for
Women in Distressing Situations) http://www.afesip.org/ in
Europe and The Somaly Mam Foundation in the United States, whose goal is to
save and socially reintegrate victims of sexual slavery in Southeast Asia. She
was named Glamour's Woman of theYear in 2006. She lives in Cambodia and
France.
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