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Girls Like Us
- Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
- Narrated by: Rachel Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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During her teens, Rachel Lloyd ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. With time, through incredible resilience, and with the help of a local church community, she finally broke free of her pimp and her past and devoted herself to helping other young girls escape "the life".
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- J.J.
- 01-02-23
wow.
An incredible work, superb reading of it. Brilliant storytelling that opens whole new worlds of thought we desperately need to hear, consider, and act on. Thank you, Rachel Lloyd, and thank you grrrls xo
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- Janet K. Eagan
- 06-25-22
opens your eyes to what some girls go through
Dad but true how young girls get used and abused in life. sick people will get what they deserve
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- joan m.
- 01-14-22
Rachel Lloyd is an Amazing Woman
This is heartbreaking, difficult to listen to at times, but very very important. If you ever tried to blame a young prostitute(sexually exploited youth) for his/her circumstances, read this - you never will again. It’s shocking and eye opening. And the author’s personal experience, though horrific, is far from the worst life story in this well written and fascinating account.
The ending is uplifting, thankfully.
My only criticism is Rachel’s voice - it is very deep, low and monotonal. That, and her British accent make it a challenge - though I don’t think anyone but the author could do the story justice.
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- B. Fernandez
- 12-15-21
Must listen!
I thoroughly enjoyed this and learned so much. Rachel is amazing and I want to say thank you to her for all she’s done. I don’t know why she is not more known than she is. Her story needs to be heard by all.
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- RSteinmetz
- 09-16-21
Inspiring
I loved the narration. Rachel did an amazing job. The story is heart wrenching & inspiring. I highly recommend this book.
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- Autumn Hersey
- 04-29-21
Absolutely Heartbreaking and Eye Opening
This book is so powerful, beautifully written, and such a life changing experience. I have never felt so seen by a book and simultaneously like I've been blind for my whole life. I have told everyone I know to not just read this book but listen to it. You don't hear Rachel Lloyd speak you feel her. It honestly felt like sitting with a long time friend, a mentor, a big sister, telling you their story and inspiring you to become more than a survivor of yours. I've cried numerous times during this book through anger, sadness, happiness, and relief. I cannot recommend any higher.
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- Stacie Searle
- 11-12-20
Thank you for this outstanding memoir
I am in school to obtain my MSW and this memoir touched me in so many ways. It has educated me more than any class I have taken in my program. The courage is amazing!
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- Terri Claire
- 10-12-20
honest and eye-opening!
Thank you so much for sharing your story! This is an important look at what happens right here, right now.
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- kk
- 09-04-20
Best non fiction!
This should be a required read in high school. Girls, boys, women & men should all read this. Rachel Lloyd’s story is one of strength. I was touched by her heart breaking childhood growing up in a dysfunctional family which contributed to her getting sold for sex & physically & mentally brutalized by ruthless pimps at such a young age. She not only was brave enough to escape but she had the incredible courage, intelligence & compassion to make it her life’s work to help thousands of other girls escape the clutches of their pimps & get the help they need. She also helped change legislation so these sexually exploited children are not criminalized as so many are. What a powerful woman.
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- Kelly
- 03-20-19
crummy parents and shitty world
Sexually exploited children...not teenage prostitutes. The moms raising them are from a terrible life too and with free food and medical and housing im at a loss at what else to do except maybe a mobile counseling and parent skills van.The poor people are damaged goods and ive long found the kind hearted western brothel offensive and any show that makes prostitution seem cool or a 1st option. And rap singers and pimp songs? Way to exploit an easy sell...little kids trying to make there own live more exciting thru a candy coated nightmare distraction. Any movie show or store or that has barely legal kidz in it acting like life is grand and they are happy as shit is a false and harmful message that just perpetuates the crime of sex expl child. Good book and nailed the problem and Gems is a miracle and God bless....the poor little dears....i could scream. :(
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The average age of entry into prostitution in America is 13-years-old. Forced into a life they never chose, manipulated, abused, and tortured at the hands of the pimps who control them, our country's children are sold on the streets, on the internet, and at truck stops across America every night. They aren't bad kids who made bad choices. They are victims of child sex trafficking. They come from our neighborhoods, our schools, our churches, and sometimes our own homes.
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Distressing Reality...
- By Douglas on 11-29-13
By: Linda Smith
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The Slave Across the Street
- By: Theresa Flores
- Narrated by: Renee Raudman
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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While more and more people each day become aware of the dangerous world of human trafficking, most people in the U.S. still believe this is something that happens to foreign women, men and children - not something that happens to their own. In this powerful true story, Theresa Flores shares how her life as an All-American, blue-eyed, blond-haired, 15-year-old teenager was enslaved into the dangerous world of sex trafficking.
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A good message does not make a good book
- By Melissa Keating on 12-23-10
By: Theresa Flores
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In Pursuit of Love
- One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant
- By: Rebecca Bender
- Narrated by: Rebecca Bender
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
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Born and raised in a small Oregon town, all-American girl Rebecca Bender was a varsity athlete and honor-roll student with a promising future. Then a predator pretending to be her boyfriend lured her into a web of lies that sent her down a path she never imagined possible. For nearly six years, Rebecca was sold across the underground world of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. She was branded, beaten, told when to sleep and what to wear, and traded between traffickers. During that time, God began revealing himself to her.
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INSULTING to ACTUAL Human Trafficking Victims
- By Goodstone79 on 08-04-20
By: Rebecca Bender
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Nobody's Girl
- A Memoir of Lost Innocence, Modern Day Slavery & Transformation
- By: Barbara Amaya
- Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Sexual abuse, human trafficking, drug addiction, rape, prison, and domestic violence - Barbara Amaya experienced it all on first on the streets of Washington D.C., and then New York City, most of it before her 16th birthday. In Nobody's Girl she shares her journey from trafficking victim to human rights advocate, weaving together a story of loss, pain, courage, and transformation.
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Standing Ovation! Valuable Information!
- By Catherine Zoltan on 07-11-18
By: Barbara Amaya
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The White Umbrella
- Walking with Survivors of Sex Trafficking
- By: Mary Frances Bowley
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Karen White
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
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Sex trafficking. We hear about it on the nightly news and in special interest stories from around the world, but it occurs daily in communities all around us. Every year, thousands of young women are forced into sexual exploitation. Most are under the age of 18. The damage this causes to their emotions and souls is immeasurable. But they are not without hope.
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human trafficking recovery
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Stolen
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- By: Katariina Rosenblatt, Cecil Murphey
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
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Stolen is the true story of one survivor who escaped - more than once. First recruited while staying with her family at a hotel in Miami Beach, Katariina Rosenblatt was already a lonely and abused young girl who was yearning to be loved. She fell into the hands of a confident young woman who pretended friendship but slowly lured her into a child prostitution ring. For years afterward, a cycle of false friendship, threats, drugs, and violence kept her trapped.
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Renting Lacy
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- By: Linda Smith
- Narrated by: Moe Egan
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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The average age of entry into prostitution in America is 13-years-old. Forced into a life they never chose, manipulated, abused, and tortured at the hands of the pimps who control them, our country's children are sold on the streets, on the internet, and at truck stops across America every night. They aren't bad kids who made bad choices. They are victims of child sex trafficking. They come from our neighborhoods, our schools, our churches, and sometimes our own homes.
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Distressing Reality...
- By Douglas on 11-29-13
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Once a King, Always a King
- The Unmaking of a Latin King
- By: Reymundo Sanchez
- Narrated by: Rudy Sanda
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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This riveting sequel to My Bloody Life traces Reymundo Sanchez's struggle to create a "normal" life outside the Latin Kings, one of the nation's most notorious street gangs, and to move beyond his past. Sanchez illustrates how the Latin King motto "once a king, always a king" rings true and details the difficulty and danger of leaving that life behind. Filled with heart-pounding scenes of his backslide into drugs, sex, and violence, Once a King, Always a King recounts how Sanchez wound up in prison and provides an engrossing firsthand account of the Latin Kings.
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Better
- By Andres on 04-05-18
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A Little Piece of Light
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- Narrated by: Donna Hylton
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Donna Hylton is a groundbreaking advocate for criminal justice reform to ensure prison safety and to end mass incarceration in the US. But in 1986, Hylton experienced prison from the inside when she was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for kidnapping and second-degree murder. Like so many women before her, her life had been a nightmare of abuse that left her feeling alone and convinced of her worthlessness. Behind the bars of Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, alongside this generation's most infamous female criminals, Donna learned to fight - and then, to thrive.Â
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When They Call You a Terrorist
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- By: Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele, Angela Davis - foreword
- Narrated by: Angela Davis - foreword, Angela Davis, Patrisse Cullors
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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When They Call You a Terrorist is the essential audiobook for every conscientious American. From one of the cofounders of the Black Lives Matter movement comes a poetic audiobook memoir and reflection on humanity. Necessary and timely, Patrisse Cullors' story asks us to remember that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love.
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Everyone should listen!
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There Goes My Social Life
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- By: Stacey Dash
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Stacey Dash didn't have the ideal American childhood. Growing up in the South Bronx, her friends were the hustlers, hookers, and gang members who struggled in the face of futility, who sold drugs instead of living on food stamps, who settled matters with fists, knives, and guns because it seemed their only option, who stood tall against broken dreams. Dash's rough upbringing shaped the rest of her life - her relationships, her politics, even her faith.
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Nothing Short of Perfection
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Stolen
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Stolen is the true story of one survivor who escaped - more than once. First recruited while staying with her family at a hotel in Miami Beach, Katariina Rosenblatt was already a lonely and abused young girl who was yearning to be loved. She fell into the hands of a confident young woman who pretended friendship but slowly lured her into a child prostitution ring. For years afterward, a cycle of false friendship, threats, drugs, and violence kept her trapped.
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Christian faith based story of a survivor
- By Critic on 03-20-15
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