Somaly 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.
- ISBN10 0385526210
- ISBN13 9780385526210
- Publish Date 5 September 2008 (first published 1 January 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Spiegel & Grau
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 193
- Language English