Lisa L. (taaza) reviewed Her young life turned upside-down on 4/9/2009 + 56 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

So Powerful. Concise, clear writing. I read this one straight through in a couple of hours. It is one of those that once you pick it up, you can't stop. I really felt for 13 year old Lakshmi, who comes form the dirt-poor mountains of Nepal, and due to her family's dwindling circumstances gets sold to a slave trader for money. Tragically, she ends up in a brothel in Calcutta. Her strength of spirit is admirable as she struggles to find her way in a nearly unbearable, new life and looks for any small hope of a way out.

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