From the Bookshelf of Our Shared Shelf…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
So many young girls are sold into India's brothels every year. It is a thriving business. And the girls are young and naive and have no idea what is goign to happen to them and how their lives will be destroyed. Lakshmi is sold by her stepfather to work as a maid with a rich woman in the city. That woman is a broker who sells her to a madam. She goes planning to work hard and get money for a new roof for her family. Only that is not what happens. She is forced into being a low paid prostitute (t
...more
Too raw. Too real. Just heartbreaking.
One of my students borrowed this from the library for me and dropped it on my desk this week. She insists I HAVE TO read it! This coming from a student who doesn't usually finish the books assigned...I hope it really is awesome!
...more
I finished this book within a few hours, it reads like poetry and is both heartbreaking and hopeful.
Jun 07, 2007
Heather
marked it as to-read
Feb 16, 2008
Shaundrika
marked it as to-read
Dec 12, 2008
Nicole
marked it as to-read
Jan 26, 2011
Bagwags
marked it as to-read
Nov 20, 2014
Julianne Dunn
marked it as to-read
May 24, 2015
Shafina Khabani
marked it as to-read
Aug 24, 2015
Anne
marked it as to-read
Aug 30, 2015
Holly
marked it as to-read
Mar 16, 2017
Emily
marked it as to-read
Mar 15, 2019
andrea Clarkson
marked it as to-read
Sep 07, 2021
Cynthia Paschen
marked it as to-read
Jun 04, 2023
Allison James-Garcia
marked it as to-read
Sep 01, 2025
Laura Kealey
is currently reading it
Sep 08, 2025
Rachel
marked it as to-read
