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001			ocn641532233
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093218.0
008			100730s2011 nyu b 000 0aeng
010			_a 2010032458
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780061582059
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780061582059
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020			_a9780061582059
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042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aHQ 281 _b.L57 2011
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aLloyd, Rachel, _d1975-
245	1	0	_aGirls like us : _bfighting for a world where girls are not for sale, an activist finds her calling and heals herself / _cRachel Lloyd.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bHarperCollins Publishers, _cc2011.
300			_a277 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aLearning -- Risk -- Family -- Recruitment -- Pimps -- Johns -- Victims -- Cops -- Staying -- Leaving -- Relapse -- Unlearning -- Stigma -- Healing -- Leadership -- Beginnings.
520			_aThis is a deeply moving story by a survivor of the commercial sex industry who has devoted her career to activism and helping other young girls escape "the life". At thirteen, British-born Rachel Lloyd found herself caught up in a world of pain and abuse, struggling to survive as a child with no responsible adults to support her. Vulnerable yet tough, she eventually ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. It took time and incredible resilience, but finally, with the help of a local church community, she broke free of her pimp and her past. Three years later, Lloyd arrived in the United States to work with adult women in the sex industry and soon founded her own nonprofit, GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services) to meet the needs of other girls with her history and shunned by society. She also earned her GED and won full scholarships to college and a graduate program. Today Lloyd is executive director of GEMS in New York City and has turned it into one of the nation's most groundbreaking nonprofit organizations. In this work, she reveals the dark, secretive world of her past in stunning cinematic detail. And, with great humanity, she lovingly shares the stories of the girls whose lives she has helped, small victories that have healed her wounds and made her whole.
600	1	0	_aLloyd, Rachel, _d1975-
650		0	_aChild trafficking.
650		0	_aChild prostitution.
650		0	_aWomen political activists _vBiography.
650		0	_aPolitical activists _vBiography.
610	2	0	_aGirls Educational & Mentoring Services.
650		0	_aGirls _xCivil rights.
650		0	_aChild prostitutes _xCivil rights.
650		0	_aSexually abused children _xCivil rights.
650		0	_aChildren's rights.
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