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100 1 $aLloyd, Rachel,$d1975-
245 10 $aGirls like us :$bfighting for a world where girls are not for sale, an activist finds her calling and heals herself /$cRachel Lloyd.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarper,$cc2011.
300 $a277 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographic references.
505 0 $aPrologue -- Learning -- Risk -- Family -- Recruitment -- Pimps -- Johns -- Victims -- Cops -- Staying -- Leaving -- Relapse -- Unlearning -- Stigma -- Healing -- Leadership -- Beginnings.
520 $aThis is a deeply moving story by a survivor of the commercial sex industry who has devoted her career to activism and helping other young girls escape "the life". At thirteen, British-born Rachel Lloyd found herself caught up in a world of pain and abuse, struggling to survive as a child with no responsible adults to support her. Vulnerable yet tough, she eventually ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. It took time and incredible resilience, but finally, with the help of a local church community, she broke free of her pimp and her past. Three years later, Lloyd arrived in the United States to work with adult women in the sex industry and soon founded her own nonprofit, GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services) to meet the needs of other girls with her history and shunned by society. She also earned her GED and won full scholarships to college and a graduate program. Today Lloyd is executive director of GEMS in New York City and has turned it into one of the nation's most groundbreaking nonprofit organizations. In this work, she reveals the dark, secretive world of her past in stunning cinematic detail. And, with great humanity, she lovingly shares the stories of the girls whose lives she has helped, small victories that have healed her wounds and made her whole.
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650 0 $aGirls$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aChild prostitutes$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aSexually abused children$xCivil rights.
650 0 $aChildren's rights.
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