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Highway to Hell: The Road Where Childhoods Are Stolen
Matt Roper
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Description for Highway to Hell: The Road Where Childhoods Are Stolen
Paperback. This is the story of the world's exploitation motorway, the girls, the truckers who use them - and the brave few seeking to change things Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; BGX; JFFE1; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
When British journalist Matt Roper and Canadian country singer Dean Brody turn onto a remote Brazilian highway, they have no idea that their lives are about to change forever. A chance encounter with a young girl, selling her body beside the road in the early morning, alerts them to an untold tragedy - thousands of girls, some as young as ten, trapped in prostitution. Travelling over 1,500 miles along the BR-116, they find entire communities living from child sexual exploitation, where parents sell their own daughters and those in authority turn a blind eye. Their shock leads to action - ... Read more
When British journalist Matt Roper and Canadian country singer Dean Brody turn onto a remote Brazilian highway, they have no idea that their lives are about to change forever. A chance encounter with a young girl, selling her body beside the road in the early morning, alerts them to an untold tragedy - thousands of girls, some as young as ten, trapped in prostitution. Travelling over 1,500 miles along the BR-116, they find entire communities living from child sexual exploitation, where parents sell their own daughters and those in authority turn a blind eye. Their shock leads to action - ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857212542
SKU
V9780857212542
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Matt Roper
Matt Roper is the author of Street Girls and Remember Me, Rescue Me. He spent eight years with the Daily Mirror as a journalist. He and his Brazilian wife now live and work in Brazil. Matt speaks fluent Portuguese.
Reviews for Highway to Hell: The Road Where Childhoods Are Stolen
"This is a truly important book."
Steve Chalke "Compelling and poignant reportage that painstakingly exposes Brazil’s darkest secret.Matt Roper is that rare journalist who didn’t turn his back on the trauma and misery he witnessed for the adrenaline rush of the next deadline. In parts heart-breaking, in others uplifting, this is a story that needs to be told."
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Steve Chalke "Compelling and poignant reportage that painstakingly exposes Brazil’s darkest secret.Matt Roper is that rare journalist who didn’t turn his back on the trauma and misery he witnessed for the adrenaline rush of the next deadline. In parts heart-breaking, in others uplifting, this is a story that needs to be told."
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