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A review by sarah_thebooknerd
The Road of Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine by Somaly Mam
Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
I first read this book while getting my masters degree in social work and was so moved by Somaly Mam and what she has done to help other young girls get out of sex slavery in Cambodia.
While listening to the audiobook for my reading around the world I started to do some follow up research on her and the foundation to share and found that it’s come out that her story was fabricated, she has made other girls lie about being sex slaves and the work environment was extremely hostile at the foundation with how Mam would treat the workers- violence, threatens of harm and just being rude. So I’m not going to finish the book and find another one to read. I’m really sad by this.
While listening to the audiobook for my reading around the world I started to do some follow up research on her and the foundation to share and found that it’s come out that her story was fabricated, she has made other girls lie about being sex slaves and the work environment was extremely hostile at the foundation with how Mam would treat the workers- violence, threatens of harm and just being rude. So I’m not going to finish the book and find another one to read. I’m really sad by this.