Trafficked: My Story of Surviving, Escaping, and Transcending Abduction Into Prostitution - Softcover

Hayes, Sophie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 140228103X ISBN 13: 9781402281037

Publisher: Sourcebooks, 2013

Synopsis

The haunting, unforgettable memoir that took the UK by storm, Trafficked is a gripping first-hand account of a young woman who survived the horrors of human trafficking.

Sophie Hayes, a young, educated English woman, was spending an idyllic weekend in Italy with her seemingly charming boyfriend. But the day of her return home, he made it clear she wasn't going anywhere. Punching and shouting at her, he threatened to kill her adored younger brothers if she didn't cooperate to help him pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars he'd racked up in debts.

Over the next six months, Sophie is forced to work as a prostitute in a country where she didn't speak the language, nobody knows her whereabouts, and escape seems impossible. She struggles to survive, constantly at the mercy of her boyfriend's violent moods and living in fear of being killed by any of her customers. When a life-threatening illness lands her in the hospital, Sophie has a chance to phone her mother and escapeif her boyfriend doesn't get to her first.

Chilling and captivating, Trafficked is one of the first memoirs to present a stunning personal look at the criminal human sex trafficking trade and bring this disturbingly widespread abuse to light.

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Product Description

Sophie Hayes, a young, educated woman, was spending an idyllic weekend in Italy with her seemingly charming boyfriend. However, on the day she planned to return home, everything changed. He made it clear that she wasn't going anywhere. Soon Sophie's bewilderment turned to fear as he punched and shouted at her and threatened to kill her adored younger brothers if she didn't do exactly as she was told. Thus began six months of working the streets as a prostitute in a country where Sophie didn't speak the language, where nobody knew her whereabouts, and escape seemed impossible.

Review

"Reads like a real life version of the Liam Neeson film 'Taken' ... [Hayes'] disturbing look at sex slavery starkly raises awareness and should achieve her stated goal that the story 'might help to keep other girls safe.'" - Publishers Weekly

"A great way to raise awareness about human trafficking and Ms. Hayes is beyond brave and selfless in sharing her extremely difficult and painful past" - Luxury Reading

"Chilling and captivating, "Trafficked" is one of the first memoirs to present a stunning personal look at the criminal human sex trafficking trade and bring this disturbingly widespread abuse to light. " - YA Books Central

Edition details

• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 140228103X
• ISBN 13: 9781402281037
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272