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Spiegel & Grau
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The Road of Lost Innocence
The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine
Written by Somaly Mam
Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof
Introduction by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
- Category: Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Social Science - Third World Development
- Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
- On Sale: July 28, 2009
- Price: $15.00
- ISBN: 978-0-385-52622-7 (0-385-52622-9)
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
A riveting and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope–by a woman named to Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world
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. She suffered unspeakable acts of brutality and witnessed horrors that would haunt her for the rest of her life–until, in her early twenties, she managed to escape. Unable to forget the girls she left behind, Mam became a tenacious and brave leader in the fight against human trafficking, rescuing sex workers–some as young as five and six–offering them shelter, rehabilitation, healing, and love and leading them into new life.
Written in exquisite, spare, unflinching prose, The Road of Lost Innocence is a memoir that will leave you awestruck by the courage and strength of this extraordinary woman and will renew your faith in the power of an individual to bring about change.
