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A review by stephxsu
Sold by Patricia McCormick
5.0
SOLD is heartwrenching and shocking; it will move you to tears. In simple, poetic prose, McCormick tells the story of Lakshmi, a thirteen-year-old Nepal girl who is sold by her family to an Indian brothel house when her family loses all of their year’s crops during the rainy season. Sold into sexual slavery, Lakshmi must “repay” her “debts” to the woman who runs the brothel house—which in reality will never occur because she will never be free.
Despite this dismal-sounding setting, there are surprisingly vivid and warm pictures of the mountain life, a life that most of us have never known. Lakshmi is observant, determined, and not one to be pitied, despite the terrible situation she’s in. The characters we meet at the brothel house touch our lives in an extraordinary way.
SOLD is not a long book, nor is it very complicated, but it’s amazing how many emotions one can get from so little words. This is the must-read book of the year, hands-down. You will cry and smile, break your heart and repair it with images of the beauty and endurance of human nature.
Despite this dismal-sounding setting, there are surprisingly vivid and warm pictures of the mountain life, a life that most of us have never known. Lakshmi is observant, determined, and not one to be pitied, despite the terrible situation she’s in. The characters we meet at the brothel house touch our lives in an extraordinary way.
SOLD is not a long book, nor is it very complicated, but it’s amazing how many emotions one can get from so little words. This is the must-read book of the year, hands-down. You will cry and smile, break your heart and repair it with images of the beauty and endurance of human nature.