# The Road Of Lost Innocence

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- Book: [The Road Of Lost Innocence](https://www.bookquiver.com/somaly-mam/the-road-of-lost-innocence) ([The Road Of Lost Innocence.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/somaly-mam/the-road-of-lost-innocence.md))
- Authors: [Somaly Mam](https://www.bookquiver.com/somaly-mam)
- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-18-4408-346-6
- Published: 2009-12-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.