Back in 2018, I read Chandra Lee Ingram's Freedom Lost, book 1 in a series about sex trafficking and slave labor in India. It was definitely an eye opener. For those of us who live on the opposite side of the world, we don't know anything about this situation. And now Chandra is back with book 2, Freedom Lost, which is, unfortunately, more of the same. The characters are fictionalized...but not really. She does a great job of letting us know through footnotes the situations that are actually taken from interviews with the 65 current and former slaves that she interviewed back in 2013. Chandra also gives us a glossary in the back of the book along with Facts About Modern-Day Slavery, complete with statistics. The whole thing for me is just mind-blowing.
People, you have an opportunity to learn about the abhorrent situation that is still going on in India. It's not pleasant reading, but it will definitely give you an insider's view. If you do choose to read about it, please let Chandra and me know what you think.
I don't know if I have the stomach for any more ugly things right now :(
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