Description
| Product ID: | 9781844083466 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Road Of Lost Innocence |
| Authors: | Author: Somaly Mam |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Ethical issues: prostitution & sex industry |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-12-03 |