The road of lost innocence / Somaly Mam with Ruth Marshall.
Born in a Cambodian village, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather at age twelve. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. 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. This book 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 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.--From publisher description.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385526210
- ISBN: 9780385526210
- Physical Description: viii, 193 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2008.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published in France as Le silence de l'innocence by Editions Anne Carrière, Paris, in 2005"--T.p. verso.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 Forest 1 -- 2 Village 9 -- 3 "This Is Your Husband" 30 -- 4 Aunty Nop 41 -- 5 Aunty Peuve 55 -- 6 Foreigners 65 -- 7 French Embassy 81 -- 8 France 95 -- 9 Kratie 108 -- 10 New Beginnings 120 -- 11 Guardian Angels 132 -- 12 Prince of Asturias and the Village of Thlok Chhrov 142 -- 13 AFESIP 155 -- 14 Victims 166.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 362.76 MAM (Text) | 36015000673190 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NFIC 362.760 MAM (Text) | 31111002521746 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Charles H. Stone Memorial Library | 362.76092 MAM (Text) | 30665100292626 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | 362.76 M (Text) | 25908005314948 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Statesville Main Library | 362.76092 MAM (Text) | 33114016195729 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Born in a Cambodian village, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery by her grandfather at age twelve. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of Southeast Asia. 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. This book 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 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.--From publisher description.
