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Born in a remote Cambodian village, Somaly Mam was sold into sexual slavery at twelve and spent a decade in the region’s brutal brothels. After escaping with help from a French aid worker, she pursued education and turned her survival into activism. Mam founded an organization that has rescued over four thousand women and children in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, established shelters, and opened schools for former sex workers. Her memoir, written in spare and unflinching prose, details her early trauma, her awakening as an activist, and her relentless fight against the powerful forces sustaining human trafficking.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Somaly Mam
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