A01=Somaly Mam
Author_Somaly Mam
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Product details
- ISBN 9781844083466
- Weight: 208g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 03 Dec 2009
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Somaly Mam lives near Phnom Penh with her three children.
