Freshly deported to Thailand, Thanadda spent 20 days penning her first manuscript, longhand. Those pages snatched the prestigious Chommanard Book Prize. Three decades earlier, the teenaged Thanadda was still nursing her newborn when she was lured into prostitution. Shipped off to Asia’s most notorious red-light districts, she found herself ensnared in sex, drugs, nightlife, and organized crime. Her account would beggar belief if not for its unflinching candidness. Definitely a voice worth listening to.