Sex Trafficking is a horrible reality--but if you are even looking at this book and the following reviews of it you probably already know that. Reading this book will remind you of that, place the realities right in your face and give voice to the many men, women and children that are being passed around the world by their traffickers.

Barbara Amaya is brave, not only has she broken through the conditioning of her trafficker to speak out for an end but because she has continued to learn what it looks like to walk in freedom from slavery.

This book will break your heart. Through portions of reading it I wanted to stop because everything felt hopeless. I remember talking with one of my friends last night about how she just didn't seem to be getting freedom from "the life"--that it felt like it was going to haunt her through the rest of her life--affecting her ability to have relationships with other people. her ability to hold employment and her ability to see herself as more than something that needed to work "the track".

I'm glad that I didn't stop, because Barbara does move forward, there is hope. And she is working to end sexual slavery by bringing the realities to the light and advocating for change.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me a free digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review

Nobody's Girl is an autobiography of Barbara Amaya's struggles, her courage in overcoming everything she endured and ultimately becoming a voice against human trafficking.

In the first half of her story, she takes us through her first memories of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and older brother, how her mother turned a blind eye and didn't believe her when she went to her for help and how she eventually ran away from home for the first time at the age of 12. She describes how this led her to the world of human trafficking, prostitution, abuse and drug addiction. She would eventually grow up on the streets and fall victim to the tactics of a pimp who manipulated her into believing he was the only one who really cared about her.

In the second half of her story, we journey with her through the struggles to free herself of drug addiction, break away from the mental, emotional & physical hold of her pimp and how she fought to gain control of her life. This wasn't an easy task at all. It was a very slow process but through perseverance and a desire to help others, she was able to overcome. Barbara is now an anti-human trafficking advocate and activist.

At the end of the book, she has included valuable resources for everyone - from law enforcement, to medical personnel, teachers, parents and even young men and women. In this section you will find things such as what to look for if you suspect someone is a victim of human trafficking as well as phone numbers to organizations that can help.

This story brings awareness about a subject matter many don't feel comfortable talking about but its something that must be addressed in order to save more lives.I don't feel in any way the author was seeking pity or being accusing. She is simply telling her story in hopes that other stories like hers may be prevented. This memoir will encourage others to overcome just as she did. Barbara tells her story in an almost disconnected or detached tone. This helps me to identify with how she was feeling while she was going through those times in her life. She describes it like this: "My heart would beat faster and faster, and I would float out of my body until I found myself watching everything from a corner up on the ceiling. Later, when it was over and I had come back to my body, I would float away again each time I tried to remember what had happened."

I highly recommend this book, especially to young people and to their parents.

Barbara tells her story of how after being abused at home, she ran away repeatedly and wound up becoming a victim of human trafficking at age 13. She tells how she became addicted to heroin, but managed to eventually get clean from drugs, get out of prostitution, get an education, and help others who are also in the same trouble. I think this is an important story and I highly recommend it.

As a reader, some books are read for pleasure while others are read to learn facts and still others are read to understand. This is probably one of the most influential books I have ever read. This book is about as raw as they come and I rarely see such examples of true courage in the real world. Barbara's life is a series of terrible occurrences and she tells this book with such honesty that it is both refreshing to be told the truth and terrifying to know that this is the truth.

I'm not even sure how to write a review for this expect to say that the is a book that should be read by everyone, although I will say that read discretion is advised. As I said, this book is raw with emotion and it is exhausting to go through Barbara's life. But she is giving a voice to those who have been brought up believing that they don't have one and that is something that should be treasured and something that no one can deny. I cried and that doesn't happen a lot, but this is not a book looking for pity, but instead one that explains an internal war in both a country and a person and from a point of view that we hardly ever see.

There's no way I could give this book anything other than full marks. Growing up in the US, I know next to nothing about human trafficking and I think that this book is a start to an important aspect of our world that needs to be taught to everyone. Just because we deny that there is this sort of terror out there, it doesn't erase the fact that it is.

I could not put Nobody's Girl down, I read it in two days, it was so good. After reading, I could not think about anything else. It is a very thought-provoking book and this book haunted me with the reality. Thank you so much Barbara Amaya for writing this book! You are so brave, your story is a life changing story. I highly recommend this book.

ARC courtesy of the author and publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Five stars Review! Ms. Amaya can be commended for this book. What an emotionally thrill ride of horror and sadness. I would recommend this book.

Barbara tells her story throughout the book. Her story is simply Amazing. She was abused by family members. She told her mother, but her mother didn't believe her. She ran away at a young age and soon was working the streets. She became addicted to drugs and felt helpless.
The Amazing part is that she was able to escape and can now share her story to warn others of what can happen. She doesn't need to use gory details. The story is scary enough without them. She is now an advocate for others, a mother, and a wonderful writer.

I'm more of Pattersonian or Rechcie, but damn this book grabbed ny attention

Wow what a truly heart breaking journey you've been on. My heart was in my mouth throughout the whole novel.
Barbara takes you on her life's journey from when she was sexually abused by her uncle and father at just a small girl, from there she runs away. That is where her real journey begins and what a harrowing journey it was.
Barbara has wrote with such honesty and passion as she tries to battle her way through drugs, abuse, prostitution, pimps and finally forgiving the child within and realising it was not her fault.
Excellent novel that I would highly recommend to anyone who has suffered abuse of any kind.