Overview
The true story of an orphaned Cambodian girl who spent her childhood in slavery and prostitution and now combats trafficking. Somaly Mam has a strong international profile and supporters include Hillary Clinton, the Queen of Spain and Angelina Jolie.
Somaly Mam was abandoned as a baby and looked after by her grandmother until she disappeared. She was then taken into the care of a man she called ''grandfather'', but was treated no better than an unpaid servant. sold. Raped at twelve, Somaly was forced to marry at fifteen and then sold to a brothel. She endured years of abuse before managing to escape.
The Road of Lost Innocence is a moving account of a traumatic childhood and also the inspirational story of a determined and courageous woman devoted to helping other girls caught up in the illegal sex trade and violent underworld in Cambodia.
In 1997 Somaly Mam co-founded AFESIP to combat trafficking in women and children for sexual slavery.
- | Author: Somaly Mam
- | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- | Publication Date: Dec 03, 2009
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781844083466
- | ISBN-10: 1844083462