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Although Lakshmi s family is desperately poor her life still contains simple pleasures but, when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all the family s crops, Lakshmi s stepfather sends her away to take a job to support her family When she arrives at Happiness House , full of hope, she learns the unthinkable truth she has been sold into prostitution An exceptional novel suitable for teens and adults.Lakshmi is a thirteen year old girl who lives with her family in a small hut in the mountains of Nepal Her family is desperately poor, but her life is full of simple pleasures, like raising her black and white speckled goat, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family s crops, Lakshmi s stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid working for a wealthy woman in the city Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi undertakes the long journey to India and arrives at Happiness House full of hope But she soon learns the unthinkable truth she has been sold into prostitution An old woman named Mumtaz rules the brothel with cruelty and cunning She tells Lakshmi that she is trapped there until she can pay off her family s debt then cheats Lakshmi of her meager earnings so that she can never leave Lakshmi s life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape Still, she lives by her mother s words Simply to endure is to triumph and gradually, she forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world Then the day comes when she must make a decision will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life Written in spare and evocative vignettes, this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who not only survives but triumphs To research Sold, Patricia McCormick traveled to India and Nepal where she interviewed the women of Calcutta s red light district and girls who have been rescued from the sex trade She is the author of the acclaimed novels Cut and My Brother s Keeper. New Read [ Sold ] by [ Patricia McCormick ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Devastating.Beautifully written with much heartache for these young girls who are sold into prostitution by their families Sometimes they are sold because of extreme poverty and all money must be spent on the Males of the family But sometimes, as in the book, they are sold just because the Male wants a new winter coat and a girl is just money wasted in feeding her when she could be sold for cash and no expenses in the future The saddest part of the book is the girls weren t working for money even But Beautifully written with much heartache for these young girls who are sold into prostitution by their families Sometimes they are sold because of extreme poverty and all money must be spent on the Males of the family But sometimes, as in the... AM I PRETTY In the days after the hugging man leaves, I consider myself in the mirror My plain self, not the self wearing lipstick and eyeliner and a flimsy dress.Sometimes I see a girl who is growing into womanhood Other days I see a girl growing old before her time.It doesn t matter, of course Because no one will ever want me now.Lakshmi is thirteen years old She lives a simple, albeit impoverished, existence with with h...Young Adult book one sitting read for adults I finished this a couple of days ago We are taken into a dark underworld it s clear many victims were made to endure horrific acts This isn t an unfamiliar storyyet that doesn t negate its power Lakshmi is a young Nepalese girl Lakshmi tells the story with a sweet softness that breaks our hearts Lakshmi gives brief short descriptions well told in vignettes.Her wish to buy her mother a tin roof like other neighbors have on Young Adult book one sitting read for adults I finished this a couple of days ago We are taken into a dark underworld it s clear many victims were made to endure horrific acts This isn t an unfamiliar storyyet that doesn t negate its power Lakshmi is a young Nepalese girl Lakshmi tells the story with a sweet softness that breaks our hearts Lakshmi gives brief short descriptions well told in vignettes.Her wish to buy her mother a tin roof like other neighbors have on their huts.to make her mother happy.to be with her mother.Her Family is poor..Her stepfather gambles away their money and drinks.Lakshmi gets her monthly period mother tries to hide her, warn her, teaches her to stay clear of all men which only lasts for so longThe stepfather sells Lakshmi to a brothel of course she was tricked and lied to A son will always be a so...1 This book conveys less about the triumph of the human spirit andabout how Americans fix everything In tone it read exactly like an early missionary novel.2 I wish people would only write novels in verse if the verse actually served some purpose in the plot or the development of the character, or if the verse was good In Sold it s simply a weird affectation 3 The fact brought up as an afterthought in the end notes, that Nepalese women are fighting back by educating young village wom 1 This book conveys less about the triumph of the human spirit andabout how Americans fix everything In tone it read exactly like an early missionary novel.2 I wish people would...Wowanother book i m not sure gains a lot by being written in verse, unless it is just to slow the pacing down to better appreciate the horror the beginning pre sale parts were very beautifully descriptive,...And so, Love, you launch in vain your insane onslaught since it will be said to see me fall yet not surrender that you managed to kill but failed to conquer.Juana Inez de la CruzWhen beautiful things are broken, screams begin When beautiful things are taken, horror begins When beautiful minds are bended, there is no tomorrow or yesterday or today There is only a place a million miles away melting in the darkness, seeming like home, but you know it isn t It is the death of a broken mind And so, Love, you launch in vain your insane onslaught since it will be said to see me fall yet not surrender that you managed to kill but failed to conquer.Juana Inez de la CruzWhen beautiful things are broken, screams begin W...What a powerful, haunting story Written in free verse from the perspective of a 13 year old Nepalese girl, who was sold from her mountain home to earn a living as a maid in the big city Lakshmi was saddened to leave her mother and her baby brother, but she was eager to earn a living so she could send money back to her family for necessities like clothing, food, and a new tin roof, for which they were in desperate need But when Lakshmi leaves, she is not taken to the big city to work as a maid What a powerful, haunting story Written in free verse from...I don t enjoy writing long reviews I did really enjoy this book As a warning, do not have ANY intentions of putting this book down I was reading it the night after a long flight from the US to the UK, and I thought, I ll read some before I go to bed I got to the halfway mark and thought, Well, what s the harm in reading someAnd then it was over Meaning I had spent far longer than I had intended to reading, and the book had been finished in two sittings one on the plane and one in I don t enjoy writing long reviews I did really enjoy this book As a warning, do not have ANY intentions of putting this book down I was reading it the night after a long flight from the US to the UK, and I thought, I ll read some before I go to bed I got to the halfway mark and thought, Well, what s the harm in reading someAnd then it was over Meaning I had spent far longer than I had intended to reading, and the book had been finished in two sittings one on the plane and one in bed.The poe...

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  • English
  • 03 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 268 pages
  • 0786851716
  • Patricia McCormick
  • Sold