{"product_id":"the-road-of-lost-innocence","title":"The Road of Lost Innocence","description":"Product Description\n\n\nSomaly 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.\n\n\nReview\n\n\n** 'Sold into prostitution in Cambodia as a small child, Mam has survived a trauma that is almost beyond the imaginative reach of memoir ... driven by a sense of purpose greater than the self, and related with a haunting directness,\nGUARDIAN\n\n** 'Somaly Mam is my candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. She is living proof that one woman can change the fate of others,\nAYAAN HIRSI ALI\n\n** 'Written deftly and sparely, this story easily transcends the current rash of 'misery,\nlife-stories. Somaly Mam has no truck with sensationalism or self pity: action for change is patently what she is all about.’\n\nGOOD HOUSEKEEPING,\n** 'This is a book about how one person's courage can make a difference’\n\n\nBook Description\n\n\nThe true story of an orphaned Cambodian girl who spent her childhood in slavery and prostitution and now combats trafficking. Somaly Mam has a strong international profile and supporters include Hillary Clinton, the Queen of Spain and Angelina Jolie.\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\nSomaly Mam lives near Phnom Penh with her three children.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39664449945685,"sku":"9781844083466N","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/3008b09e-de83-492e-9c5e-3878fe548952.jpg?v=1644292853","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-road-of-lost-innocence","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}