Somaly mam has a strong international profile and supporters include hillary clinton, the queen of spain. Somaly mam s story is an account of how humanity can sink to the lowest levels of depravity, but it is also a testimony of resistance and hope. 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. The road of lost innocence by somaly mam is a heartbreaking story of a womans fight out of slavery and her quest to save others from suffering as she did. Antisex slavery hero in cambodia resigns after newsweek expose. In 1997 somaly mam cofounded afesip to combat trafficking in women and children for sexual slavery. 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. The book is based on my life from the age of fifteenmonths through sixteen years. The road of lost innocence is a riveting and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hope, says the publishers blurb. In cambodia, taking a womens virginity is said to extend live span. Jun 17, 20 the road of lost innocence principiasws.
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The true story of a cambodian heroine by somaly mam before you open somaly mam s astonishing memoir, you need to be prepared to bear witness to some of the most horrific acts a human being can commit against another, especially helpless young girls. The fame and her memoir the road of lost innocence generated millions of dollars for her somaly mam foundation, fighting sex. In the case of somaly mam, author of the road of lost innocence, writer kate newman points out that in the fallout, many readers faulted nicholas kristof for lauding mam as a heroine. Pdf download the road of lost innocence free unquote books. The road of lost innocence king county library system. The small town of siren cove, oregon, has everything you could wantand a few things you dont. The road of lost innocence is unputdownable, and you read it with a lump in your throat. Somaly mam, cambodian human rights activist, former slave and author of the road of lost innocence recounts her story as a cambodian slave. Somaly mam has set up an organisation rescuing women and children from the sex slave trade. The road of lost innocence, by somaly mam 1683 words 123. Somaly mam human trafficking is not an easy topic to address. The road of lost innocence download ebook pdf, epub. Lost innocence, new beginnings and beyond survival. In the book, originally published in french in 2005, mam recounts her experiences as a sex.
Click download or read online button to get the road of lost innocence book now. The road of lost innocence is an autobiographical story of somaly mam, a cambodian who was sold into prostitution at a young age but able to break out of her pimps prison and rebuild a life for herself a life that she has fully dedicated to helping other young women and girls who have been stolen or sold into slavery and prostitution. The road of lost innocence by somaly mam 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. Just as my life seemed to unfold in three stages, so will the telling of my story through a series of three books. Aug 29, 2008 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. A portion of the proceeds of this book will be donated to the. A riveting and beautiful memoir of tragedy and hopeby a woman named to time magazines list of the 100 most influential people in the world 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. You shouldnt try and discover the past, mam recalls her adoptive father telling her. Mam was investigated by a journalist working in cambodia, and his allegations that key parts of her early life were false was carried by newsweek in may 2014. Mam, somaly, afesip organization, child prostitution.
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Somaly mam is the author of the road of lost innocence 4. In her memoir, the road of lost innocence, she states that she was born in either 1970 or 1971 2. Somaly mams story is an account of how humanity can sink to the. Somaly mam born 1970 or 1971 is a cambodian antitrafficking advocate who focuses. The true story of an orphaned cambodian girl who spent her childhood in slavery and prostitution and now combats trafficking.
Somaly mam is an extraordinary cambodian activist who has gained international recognition and fame in her heroic crusade against sex trafficking in southeast asia. Mam resigned from the somaly mam foundation shortly thereafter. The road of lost innocence by somaly mam essays 581 words. For the next decade she was shuttled through the brothels that make up the sprawling sex trade of southeast asia.
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