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• A Sensitive Topic, But Worth The Read 19 July, 2008
This is truly a story that will open your eyes to what goes on in other parts of the world. As a female, I feel fortunate to live in a country where women are valued. But through this appreciation, I can't help but feel sadness for the girls that are sold for the sake of earning some money to feed their families.
The topic of this story may be difficult to take, but one that everyone should read. McCormick does an exceptional job of capturing the voice of a 13 year old girl through the use of vignettes. Sold is a quick read, it will grab your attention from the first page. If you are pondering the idea of reading this book, I think you should take the leap and open up this book.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3RBB55PD7TPR5
• Courtesy Of Mother Daughter Book Club.com 02 July, 2008
Sold is the story about a Nepalese girl--13-year-old Lakshmi-- who leaves home thinking she will be working to support her desperately poor family. In reality she has been sold into the sexual slave trade and is taken far away from anything that is relevant to her. A fictional tale of a very real event, Sold is an important book that sheds light on how easily girls can be lured away from their families and into situations from which it is difficult for them to escape.
To research her story, McCormick traveled to the countries of India and Nepal, and she interviewed the women living in Calcutta's red-light district, as well as girls who had been rescued from sexual slavery. As the mother of two daughters, I think it's important for them to know that cases like these are not isolated, and sexual slavery occurs all over the world, even in the U.S.
I believe Sold would make for a very interesting discussion with a mother-daughter book club. The scenes of Lakshmi's life before she leaves home are bittersweet as well as enlightening about what life is like for the people who live in the villages of Nepal. And Lakshmi is as innocent as you might expect any girl her age to be. Her voice rings true throughout the book; she's a very real character.
A non-fiction book I recently read on this topic called Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade and How We Can Fight It by David Batstone makes a great companion to Sold. Batstone tells of organizations in many different countries that are fighting this horrific practice, and gives ideas for what each of us can do to help support them.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1NSJ7IFI4IZ4Q
• Finished In One Night 10 July, 2008
Sold is written like a mental journal. i read in the back that the author interviewed girls that had actually been sex slaves. she seemed to have taken everything they told her and put it in the book. the pages are not always full of words. some pages will have only a few paragraphs making it short. thats why i finished so fast, there wasn't a lot to read.
i finished in a few hours. i would say its good. it wasn't perfect, but it was truthful. id rather get the truth about being a sex slave than sacrifice logic for drama. you know what i mean?
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1PAHNIKLRVGP1
• Emotional, Sad And Sensitive 03 August, 2008
I enjoyed this book very much but found it too short - I wanted more - more about Lakshmi, more about her family, more about the saving of the young girl at the end of the book. It was written very much to suit young teenagers (large writing, very wide spaced lines, chapters only one page long - 176 chapters in total !) but the content was quite adult. Parts of the book, in fact some whole short chapters, were written in a poetic style and were quite beautiful. It was a very emotional, sad, sensitive and, in parts, horrifying story of a very immature (by British standards) young girl of 13 who was duped by her step-father, and all those who he sold her on to.
I think that the content is about right for the age group it's aimed at (age 14 plus) as although sexual slavery and forced prostitution is a very adult subject, most of the `graphic' element is written between the lines. A sensitive and sobering book for all young adults.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3PWUC2AET6J6F
• An Excellent Read 09 August, 2008
This is an excellent read! I highly recommend it as it teaches you about hardships that most of us could never imagine going through yet it also reminds us to remember and enjoy the simple things in life. I bought this book today and finished it today!
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3DHQBN1W6OSTE
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