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A moving and timely novel about human traffickingfrom the author of the acclaimed debut Lipstick in Afganistan.Newly heartbroken and searching for purpose in her life, Abby Monroe is determined to make her mark as a UN worker in one of the worlds most unstable cities: Peshawar, Pakistan. But after witnessing the brutal murder of a woman thrown from a building, she is haunted by the memory of an...
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140,02 DKK
Forlag
Gallery Books
Udgivet
6 november 2012
Længde
336 sider
Genrer
Fiction and Related items
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781451669138
A moving and timely novel about human traffickingfrom the author of the acclaimed debut Lipstick in Afganistan.Newly heartbroken and searching for purpose in her life, Abby Monroe is determined to make her mark as a UN worker in one of the worlds most unstable cities: Peshawar, Pakistan. But after witnessing the brutal murder of a woman thrown from a building, she is haunted by the memory of an intricate and sparkling bracelet that adorned the victims wrist. At a local womens shelter, Abby meets former sex slaves who have miraculously escaped their captors. As she gains the girls trust and documents their horrifying accounts of unspeakable pain and betrayal, she joins forces with a dashing New York Times reporter who believes he can incriminate the shadowy leader of the vicious human trafficking ring. Inspired by the womens remarkable braveryand the mysterious reappearance of the bracelet the duo traces evidence that spreads from remote villages of South Asia to the most powerful corners of the West, risking their lives to offer a voice to the countless innocents in bondage.