Description

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As an ex-prostitute, the author penned a collection of letters addressed to johns and other significant figures in her life from start-to-finish as a trafficked victim, confronting each individual with words on a page. "It required me to tell myself the truth and then get to a place where I could tell others as well. It was a journey through shame, through anger, through grief. Writing these letters made me push through just simply being "mad" at someone... It made me truly discover why. This book has been the foundation of my recovery." Though non a memoir, the book reads more like a collection of short stories of true crime, collectively taking you through one woman's eleven year journey in the sex trade, written by a survivor of human trafficking. The author's intent is to bring awareness to the role of demand on those entrapped and enslaved in the sex trade.

About the Author

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Being a survivor of human trafficking, Julia Anderson has seen the darkest of evils, spending years intimately involved with societies' deepest secrets. "I know what no one wants to know." She believes she survived eleven years of slavery to share her story and let it be used in many different platforms to aid efforts to stop human trafficking, assisting to make awareness a national priority. Though raised in affluent family, Julia's struggles started early in life with an abusive childhood. She went on to become a mother at age 17 and a flight attendant, followed by her years as a trafficked victim. Repeat trauma over the course of her life has resulted in both physical and mental disabilities, one being PTSD which is a silent but very real disability. Today, Ms Anderson relies on her psychiatric service dog, Allie. She feels mental illness is an issue that is strongly overlooked in the trafficking arena. Julia admires Steve Jobs and quotes him as saying, "The very nature of people is something to be overcome." She couldn't agree more. She believes each moment happens only once, time is priceless yet the most overlooked and wasted gift. She's a very passionate person and the most happy when she's freely pursing life. Speaking and writing are her gifts. Sharing her story by doing what she loves makes surviving worth it. "Many people are guarded because they've been hurt. Trafficked victims and survivors are guarded because someone profited from it." -Julia Anderson