Born in Cambodia and orphaned at an early age, Somaly Mam, a Buddhist sex trade survivor, grew up never knowing her real name or birthday.As a teenager, Somaly Mam was sold into prostitution and spent years in the brothels of Cambodia where she witnessed and experienced the full-blown horrors of the human sex trade – rape, torture, and nearly unfathomable abuse. After her eventual escape, she could not forget the young girls (some as young as 5) left behind in the brothels, and so she returned to serve them. Her new book, "The Road of Lost Innocence," is her newest means of advocacy. It tells her personal story, ultimately inviting people of conscious, such as our Christian community, to become involved (or to continue involvement) in this war against an epic evil, a modern battle for "the least of these." Truly, not only is this book worth reading, it's worth sharing.
4 comments:
Sounds like a book of challange.
I'm so torn on this book. I'd really like to read it, I just know it will be horrifically hard to do. Somewhat like reading Randy Alcorn's "Safely Home" which opened my eyes to the plight of Christians and other political prisoners in China.
I am interested in this book but I know it will break my heart and be an emotional read. I'm sure it is very well-written and compelling and I think it would be a call to arms, so to speak. That's a good thing.
I think this would be an enlightening book to read. Just like lalycairn said, I think it would be tough to read, but sometimes we have to read about hard things to know what's going on in the world.
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