Surviving "The Life": How I Overcame Sex Trafficking

by Julia Walsh

One woman's story about how she became a victim of sex trafficking, and how she escaped The Life.

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2018

Reviews

[Meghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Julia is incredibly brave for having shared her story. Her account is an autobiography/memoir and also educational - this is the perfect read for anyone who would like to know more about sex trafficking in the US. The end includes educational information for a wide variety of people who may come into contact with people being trafficked. The book is well thought-out and is a quick read (about 100 pages). Triggers: rape, abuse.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Heartbreaking, and proof that this can happen in the best of communities and the VERY best of families.

[Glenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book opens your eyes to a completely different world, a world of deep brokenness, hurt, and pain. Told by one who lived it and survived it and is being restored to health and life, this book invites you to feel and experience from a first hand perspective what it is like to live in the world of human trafficking. What courage it took to write this story, to share personal details of pain and hurt, of despair and hopelessness, yet finding places and moments of hope and light in the midst of tremendous darkness.
I recommend this book if you are looking to learn and know more about this epidemic that is happening in our world. But don't just stop with reading this book, find a way to get involved and take action. Find an organization that works with trafficking and donate whatever you can - time, money, support. Let this story be a catalyst to bringing light to a world of deep darkness, to setting free the many who are caught in it.

[Ingrid · Rating 4 out of 5]

The short length of this book does not detract from the horrors of the sex trafficking Julia Walsh endured. What I recently learned is that only a very few % of women are kidnapped into sex trafficking. Instead, many are lured in by men who claim to give them the love these women look for (often targeting women with low self-esteem, fears, little to no friends, etc.).

When your identification and income is taken away and your life is monitored, your life is certainly not your own, as Julia vividly detailed.

What is incredible about her story is how she overcame such horrors and is now an incredible advocate for others.

Deeply inspiring.

It's a very short read. It's a very eye-opening read.

[Julia Maxwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good insight from a girl who lived it for several years and then helped other survivors. I teach students who come from this background and loved the "self insight" as to why one may succumb to the life from their past. Good read for those who work in fields that will encounter trafficked women.

[Madison Chenoweth]

So informative if the topic of human trafficking is unfamiliar, and a pretty fast read (definitely not an easy one, tho)