The Sacred Bath

by Theresa L. Flores

Do you believe human trafficking only occurs in Third World countries? Do you believe that slavery was abolished in the United States hundreds of years ago?Author Theresa L. Flores shares her story of trafficking and slavery while living in an upper-middle class suburb of Detroit Michigan. At fifteen years of age, she was drugged, raped and tortured for two long years. Kept in bondage, forced to pay back an impossible debt. All the while living at home, attempting to keep family safe and attending school during the day along side of her abusers. Only to be called into 'service', late each night, while her unknowing family slept. Involuntarily involved in a large underground criminal ring, Ms. Flores endured more as a child than most adults will ever face their entire lives.In The Sacred Bath, Ms. Flores discusses how she healed the wounds of sexual servitude and offers advice to parents and professionals on preventing this from occurring. She also educates and gives facts on human trafficking in modern day American.

Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir

147 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 3, 2008

Reviews

[Olivia · Rating 1 out of 5]

The worst thing about this book is that I didn't believe the writer. I kept having the feeling she was telling herself the story and trying to convince all of us it's true. The real story is probably far more murky and tragic.

[Katherine · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a tough book to review. The subject matter is important, but the author/survivor is no writer. The book is riddled with misspellings and poor grammar, and it’s not organized well…like to the point where it’s difficult to concentrate on her story. I get the feeling that maybe this was self-published. A friend recommended the book The Slave Across The Street, by Theresa Flores, but my library had The Sacred Bath by the same author, and reading the summaries, they appeared to be the same story. I’m guessing a publishing house picked it up and re-titled it. And I presume edited it. Which can only be a good thing. I recommend looking for The Slave Across The Street and passing this version up.

[Sabrina Rutter · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not really sure what to think about this book. I don't want to say this is a lie but at the same time I have a hard time believing this could really happen.
All I can say is read it and decide for yourself....
http://youtu.be/tFJ-67FNB5g

[Heather Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel this is a good book, this author inspired me to write about my horrible past, that I've been hiding and ashamed of for so many years. and I believe what she said cuz 23 years ago I went through somethings like this yes it does happen it's a hellish nightmare

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating. Should be given to all teenage girls for a true education!

[Carla · Rating 1 out of 5]

There's not much to redeem this book. Very poorly written, badly edited and repetitive. If this is a true story, it's atrocious. But it's hard to believe that this woman graduated from university and writes this poorly, leading me to wonder if she is who she says she is and if the story is true.

Product Description * Do you believe human trafficking only occurs in Third World countries? * Do you believe that slavery was abolished in the United States hundreds of years ago? Author Theresa Flores shares her story of trafficking and slavery while living in an upper-middle class suburb of Detroit Michigan. At fifteen years of age, she was drugged, raped and tortured for two long years. Kept in bondage, forced to pay back an impossible debt. All the while living at home, attempting to keep family safe and attending school during the day along side of her abusers. Only to be called into ‘service’, late each night, while her unknowing family slept. Involuntarily involved in a large underground criminal ring, Ms. Flores endured more as a child than most adults will ever face their entire lives.
In The Sacred Bath, Ms. Flores discusses how she healed the wounds of sexual servitude and offers advice to parents and professionals on preventing this from occurring. She also educates and gives facts on human trafficking in modern day American.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My church is having a summit on human trafficking (in our own "backyard") soon...

I read this book when I got in bed the other night and didn't stop until I was finished. This subject is something that is so appalling to me...human slavery in modern times. It just doesn't seem possible, does it? At least, it doesn't to me living in white-bread middle America.

The author's home being in Detroit (yes, Detroit) is one of the things that shocked me. It makes me so sad to think about where in the hell her parents were/what they were thinking during the two years of terror of their daughter's life. Didn't they notice that something was wrong? It scares me to think that people can be that oblivious.

I can't help but think to myself, "Why didn't she tell someone?" Why didn't she risk her reputation as a "virgin" and just tell her father/mother/the authorities what was happening. I can't understand it.

I recommend this book to anyone who has daughters or sisters. I hope to learn more about this subject and what I can do about it during the conference my church is having.

And, yes, as other reviewers have mentioned, the book's grammar and flow is just terrible...but hopefully the reader can look beyond that to the book's more important message.

[Victoria (hotcocoaandbooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow. This story tells about a woman who was forced into sexual slavery in America for two years before able to escape her horrors. She is very open and gives some details about what she goes through and the tactics that were used on her that scared her as she feared for her family's life. She also tries to encourage parents, teachers, etc. to be willing to help and be a part of your child's life in case this is happening to them (because her parents had no idea). It was a very sad book but she now works to help stop human trafficking because she can connect to others who have been harmed through this slavery

[Sy · Rating 3 out of 5]

WOW. This book was an eyeopener. The story is just amazingly sad. With two girls of my own it is just craziness. It was a very fast read, with only 125 pages. I finished this book in a few hours. The biggest thing is the typos. My goodness she must not have had a good editor because there are just so many.

[Vern73 · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was kind of hard to read and I actually have a high tolerance for this kind of stuff since I work in the legal system. I also live in the same county that this happened in. Chaldeans are a very close knit group and keep to themselves but i have also been to clubs in the area where the men are very aggressive in trying to persue women. But not all Chaldeans are bad.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here's the deal with this book. I wanted to give it 1 star as I did NOT like it. It's haunting and horrible. But I gave it 3 stars as I think everyone SHOULD read this to see how sex slavery is happening in our own neighborhoods and schools in the USA. Haunting and horrid.... but nevertheless, needs to be addressed.

[Genesis · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was really bad. Not just the content, which I found incredibly hard to believe because it was too convenient how everything happened and played out, but because of the editing OR rather lack thereof. The grammar and writing was just terrible and the use of caps and exclamation points were atrocious. Do not read at all, there are better books on this subject out there.