Notable Books

Four memorable memoirs reviewed by Susan Olasky

The Road of Lost Innocence | Somaly Mam

As a child Mam descended into sex slavery, first to a man she called Grandfather, then (sold by "Grandfather") to an abusive soldier and then to a brothel. She recounts in horrifying detail the brutalities she and other young Cambodian girls endured, and tells how bit by bit she became dead in her soul. Mam recounts how an affair with a European man working for an NGO began her slow journey out of sex slavery. The book, like Uncle Tom's Cabin, is meant to rouse readers from apathy. By its end Mam has established an internationally recognized foundation that is committed to changing laws and rescuing victims—but she has not received rest for her soul.

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