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lang: eng lang: fre lang: 210 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., ports Summary: 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 an account of a traumatic childhood and the story of a determined and courageous woman devoted to helping other girls caught up in the illegal sex trade and violent underworld in Cambodia