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The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine

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This book is not getting enough notice. People need to read this book!!! There should be hundreds of reviews for it, but there's only a total of 24 including reviews for the hardcover as well. Someone needs to market the hell out of this book like RIGHT NOW!!! I have recommended it to all my friends and co-workers, in hopes to just get people to know about the horrors that are happening in Cambodia, and all over the world. This book was an eye-opener into a world that I was completely ignorant about. It's despicable that people exist to have brutal sex with poor innocent young children. Somaly Mam's book details the horrors in graphic detail and really makes you think! THINK!!! Here I am sitting and browsing online book reviews while a dozen innocent young girls are being brutally raped every minute in some filthy brothel in Cambodia or other countries. Is this what the world is coming to? The sex slave trafficking industry is one of the top three earning billions of dollars illegally....yet somehow, all governments are turning a blind eye to it. People like Somaly are trying to their best to help but the situation is just so daunting and out of control, I really don't know if it can ever be stopped or fixed. That's the horrible truth behind it. Young girls as young as 4-years-old are sold into brothels and savagely gang raped over and over again by men who are demons from hell. Pimps torture the poor girls to make them submit and to kill their spirit. People in the US need to seriously sit down and THINK. Quit complaining about what you don't have and how we suffer because of a bad economy. We have it 1000 times better than 99% of the world, yet we want more and we whine and complain. Americans need to educate themselves and not turn a blind eye to the horrors around the world. Ignorance is NOT bliss!!!

A few weeks ago a friend came across this book when they were delayed at an airport. After reading it they sent me an email about a book that made them so angry, that they had figured out what they wanted to do to change a little bit of this world.

A week later an Amazon box arrived at my doorstep with the book inside.

I opened it, read it in a day, and was devastated.

This book is powerful. A story of Somaly Mam, a young girl who was sold at an early age into prostitution in Cambodia... it is the raw truth of her experiences she had, watching her friend being shot in the head, to being covered with maggots to instill fear inside of her, to forcefully being thrown into rooms filled with men to 'do her duty'.

Each encounter was a vivid painful memory. Her story of how she came to start an organization to help these women is inspiring and phenomenal. It makes you want to go out and help her, and others in the world who are suffering from this tragedy.

A quote from the book that touched me is the following:
"I strongly believe that love is the answer and that it can mend even the deepest unseen wounds. Love can heal, love can console, love can strengthen, and yes, love can make change." -- Somaly Mam

I highly recommend the read. It will change a piece of you forever.

I read this book in one sitting.

Currently, I am still in shock after such an emotionally tumultuous read. This reacion, just by reading Somaly Mam's story. I can't even imagine the horrendous pain the victims are going through and must go through every single day. As I write this, tears are welling up in my eyes. I can't put into words how much this book has affected me. And only time will tell how much this book has really impacted my life. But I find it nearly impossible to walk away from this book unscathed. It's too heart-wrenching, too troubling not to stir anyone's heart to anger, compassion and the willingness for action.

.This book is eye opening and informative. It is told in a spellbinding way that has the reader cheering and applauding the author for her spirit and tenacity in the face of grave odds. Her efforts to save others from a similar fate is truy inspirational and a testament to the human spirit. That such accomplishments have come from such awful beginnings is mind-boggling.

A very moving story of courage against odds which would have caused others to give up. In addition, the author exhibits the motivation to return and face those who choose to use and destroy humans. She chooses to save those that she can and is an example to us all.

I can't get this book out of my head and finished it weeks ago. It was the most moving and disturbing book i've ever read. While it was heartening that Mam has had such success rescuing girls from brothels, it was heartbreaking to read that the sex slave business in Cambodia is now about the size of that country's total economy. I'm trying to think of ways to raise awareness and/or money for Mam's foundation -- and the fact that this is a problem right here in the U.S. as well.

Beautifully written. Tragic and sad story about the victims of child sex trafficking in Cambodia. Somaly Mam tells us her story and shares with us the horrors that women and children go through. This book is a must read. Somaly Mam's story is so inspiring. She is very brave to write about her life and what she has gone through. We must continue to talk about these issues because they are a reality. We must donate or help in some way to fight for these innocent children and to end sex slavery. Thank you Somaly Mam for sharing your story, for bringing to light this issue and for persevering with courage to helping these children and women.

Excellent writing and very eye opening. It helps to understand the current culture in Cambodia and the tragic human traficking of young women and girls in East Asia.

This book was so raw and real, vital in today's fight for justice. To hear the journey that this incredible woman has made in life, has come from and helped others is just unreal and so inspiring. You will be very thankful you read this, especially if you have been to Cambodia. I have visited some of the exact places she has been, walked the same streets. Brought it all that much more to life. May God bless her and her efforts. You will not be disappointed in this purchase!

i found this book hard to put down. i like that somaly moves her story along at a quick pace. it's a completely heart breaking story.