18 - A Walk Across the Sun, by Corban Addison
WHY I PICKED IT: Book Club selection
ELAPSED TIME: 1 Week
RATING: Very Good
This is a fictional tale of two Indian sisters who are sold into sexual slavery, and an American lawyer who fights to save them. The story is well written, and very well researched. Taking us from the slums of Mumbai, to Paris and through the United States, we see the international aspect to sexual slavery, the brutal horrors of the different experiences of women around the world.
I started dreaming about this story; which is usually an indication of a story that would be required reading. However, although the characters are well thought out, and Addison (who is a lawyer himself) writes the American lawyer very well... but the depth of the Indian sisters feels a bit forced... and so I will lower the rating to Very Good.
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