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The Road of Lost Innocence: The Story of a Cambodian Heroine (Random House Reader's Circle)
by Somaly Mam
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385526229
- ISBN 13
- 9780385526227
- Seller
-
Champaign, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Spiegel & Grau, July 2009. Trade . Good. Good Softcover. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers, including bent corners. Spine has rubbing. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.
Synopsis
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 hopeBorn 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane Addams Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 210488
- Title
- The Road of Lost Innocence: The Story of a Cambodian Heroine (Random House Reader's Circle)
- Author
- Somaly Mam
- Format/Binding
- Trade
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0385526229
- ISBN 13
- 9780385526227
- Publisher
- Spiegel & Grau
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- July 2009
- Pages
- 224
Terms of Sale
Jane Addams Book Shop
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Jane Addams Book Shop
Biblio member since 2010
Champaign, Illinois
About Jane Addams Book Shop
We are a locally owned, independent bookstore that has been in business for more than twenty-five years. With more than 70,000 titles in our shop we have a number of very well-stocked sections that span fifteen separate rooms on three floors.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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