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The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Childhood
by Somaly Mam
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1844083454
- ISBN 13
- 9781844083459
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Virago, 2007. Early Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 192 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1844083454. ISBN/EAN: 9781844083459. Dewey Code: 362.76092. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB16856. . 9781844083459
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
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RB16856
- Title
- The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Childhood
- Author
- Somaly Mam
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1844083454
- ISBN 13
- 9781844083459
- Publisher
- Virago
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1844083454 EAN: 9781844083459 Somaly Mam The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Childhood
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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