The Road Of Lost Innocence

Last week, I finished the book "The Road of Lost Innocence" by Somaly Mam. This book is basically the biography of Somaly Mam's life - she is a native Cambodian (she is a Phnong, which means she is a minority in her country, which is mostly made up of Khmer people) who was sold by a man she called grandfather (who was not related to her) to a brothel. Her story is extremely heartbreaking yet amazing because once she got out of the brothel, she decided she wanted to help those still in that dark situation. So she founded an organization and a foundation in order to rescue girls and women from brothels and provide a place for their rehabilitation and recovery.

She not only endured so much when she was in the brothel, her 14 year old daughter was captured years later and was brutalized. Thankfully she got her back, but I can't believe that she can still do what she does. Her story is a testament to the human spirit and will.

I am also halfway through another heartbreaking and hard-to-read book called "A Crime So Monstrous." I have a lot to say about this book, because it talks about slavery in all different ways. It's one of those books that you can only get through a few pages each time because the stories and the information are too hard to take. But there certainly is plenty to talk about. Let's just say it's a very eye-opening book because it goes into the politics behind modern-day slavery.