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Standing Witness.('THE ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE: THE TRUE STORY OF A CAMBODIAN HEROINE' and 'TEARS OF THE DESERT: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVAL IN DARFUR' )(Brief article)(Book review)

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Byline: MEGAN O'GRADY editor: Valerie Steiker

Fall's standout nonfiction abounds with memoirs by women for whom going home again is a dangerous imperative. Somaly Mam's candid and courageous THE ROAD OF LOST INNOCENCE: THE TRUE STORY OF A CAMBODIAN HEROINE (Spiegel & Grau) details the award-winning activist's escape from forced prostitution as a teen--a fate shared by a disturbing number of Cambodian girls--and her efforts to stanch a flourishing Southeast Asian sex trade (to date, Mam has rescued more than 3,400 girls ...

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