The road of lost innocence : the true story of a Cambodian childhood
Mam, Somaly2009
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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. The Road of Lost Innocence is a moving account of a traumatic childhood and also the inspirational story of a determined and courageous woman devoted to helping other girls caught up in the illegal sex trade and violent underworld in Cambodia. In 1997 Somaly Mam co-founded AFESIP to combat trafficking in women and children for sexual slavery.
Main title:
The road of lost innocence : the true story of a Cambodian childhood / Somaly Mam ; translated from the French by Lisa Appignanesi.
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Imprint:
London : Virago, 2009.
Collation:
210 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., ports. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: 2007.Translation of : Le silence de l'innocence. Paris : Anne Carriere, 2005.
ISBN:
9781844083466 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.76920
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2012624