The Road of Lost Innocence, Somaly Mam
The Road of Lost Innocence, Somaly Mam
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The Road of Lost Innocence
The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine

Author: Somaly Mam

Narrator: Tanya Eby

Unabridged: 5 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/09/2008

Synopsis

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. 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.

About Somaly Mam

Somaly Mam is the cofounder of AFESIP (Acting for Women in Distressing Situations) in Europe and The Somaly Mam Foundation in the United States, whose goal is to save and socially reintegrate victims of sexual slavery in Southeast Asia. She was named Glamour's Woman of the Year in 2006. She lives in Cambodia and France.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Trupti on November 11, 2015

This was one of the most difficult books I have ever read. We all know that prostitution and human trafficking is million dollar business that seems to continue to grow over the years. But most of us probably don’t know the extent of this problem and how it affects lives of young girls. All over the......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on October 17, 2008

As stated in this book by the Cambodian ex-sex slave, Somaly Mam, "the prostitution business is worth $500 million a year, almost as much as the annual budget of the government." Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, etc., are countries where the sex trade is booming (and has been for decades). Young g......more

Goodreads review by Ryna on March 28, 2011

Ayaan Hirsi Ali said it right, this memoir is unputdownable! I read a couple pages, got interrupted, but when I picked it up again I could not stop reading. Somaly Mam's beautifully raw prose transfixed me. It held me even when my heart raged with anger as I read about the inhumanities she suffered,......more

Goodreads review by Lataun on November 18, 2008

I wasn't sure how to put into words what I thought of this book, so I stole some other reviews that best described what I was thinking... Also not sure what to rate it. I guess I'll go with 5 stars, not because I loved it or anything but the 5 stars equates to "it was amazing". And the author is amaz......more

Goodreads review by Maya on February 06, 2013

I usually avoid memoirs for thisexact reason.. I get lost in it and go to a deep dark place and fail to see any possible good this world may have. This is one such book which portrays all the evil the world has to offer. However I tell myself that I'd be I denial if I don't face the facts and acknow......more

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