Sunday, March 1, 2009

The Road of Lost Innocence


#248
Title: The Road of Lost Innocence
Author: Somaly Mam
Translator: Lisa Appignanesi
Publisher: Virago
Year: 2005/2008
218 pages

A grim yet heartening memoir by a non-Khmer Cambodian woman who was sold into sexual slavery. After getting out of Cambodia, she ultimately returned and now assists women and children. Mam is a good writer and if a book with this content can be said to be enjoyable, this one is.

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