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Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale, an Activist Finds Her Calling and Heals Herself
HarperCollins
April 2011
On Sale: April 5, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 0061582050
EAN: 9780061582059
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
British-born Rachel Lloyd dropped out of school at 13 to
support her single alcoholic mother. With little
opportunity, she soon found herself spiraling into a life of
torment and abuse as a sexually exploited girl. Vulnerable
yet tough, Rachel broke free of the street and her pimp
thanks to help of a local church. But that was just the
beginning...Three years later, Rachel arrived in America as
a missionary working with adult women in the sex industry.
As she began to meet teenage girls who shared her
experiences, she decided to found her own non
profit,GEMS-Girls Educational and Mentoring Services- on her
kitchen table to meet the needs of girls who were shunned by
society. Along the way she earned her GED and won a full
scholarship to college and a graduate program. Today, Lloyd
is the founder and director of GEMS in Harlem, one of the
most ground-breaking nonprofit organizations in the U.S. In
stunning detail and with cinematic style, Lloyd tells her
life story - a harrowing and inspirational tale of
suffering, recovery, discovery, and nobility. She reveals
the dark, secretive world of her past with clarity,
understanding, humanity, and psychological insight. A fierce
and passionate crusader, Lloyd explains the
factors-including, addiction, abuse, poverty-that lead so
many vulnerable young women into sexual exploitation. She
explains the seduction of pimps and johns, the biases of
cops, the racial stereotyping, the sexism of the courts. And
she lovingly talks about her successes, sharing stories of
her girls whose lives she has helped. It is these small
victories which have healed her wounds and made her whole.
Deeply moving, authentic and brave, "Girls Like Us" is a
remarkable, deeply moving, and utterly unforgettable memoir.
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