A Walk Across the Sun, Corban Addison
A Walk Across the Sun, Corban Addison
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A Walk Across the Sun

Author: Corban Addison

Narrator: Soneela Nankani

Unabridged: 15 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/03/2012


Synopsis

Corban Addison's riveting suspense debut pulls back the veil on one of the most profound human rights issues of our day: human trafficking. After their coastal town in India is wiped out by a tsunami, two sisters are abducted and sold into the global underground sex trade. Meanwhile, half a world away, a D.C. attorney makes it his life's work to end this dehumanizing practice.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nate on December 08, 2011

It's the sign of an incredible book that when it finishes, you have that butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling of closure, redemption and beauty. And that's what happens when you read this book. I read this as an ARC provided by the publishing company. Other reviewers have mentioned that it's a "hard b......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on January 08, 2012

Those of us not familiar with the sex trade, me being one of those, usually think of it as happening “someplace else”. The reality is that it happens all over the world, including right here in the United States. Children are sold for drugs, prostitution, kidnapped right off of the street. Before yo......more

Goodreads review by Heather on May 23, 2012

Author just seemed to get interested in the topic of human trafficking, read a bunch of articles about it, then tried to put as much as he possibly could of what he had read into the lives of the characters. The main character should not have been Thomas. I couldn't make myself care about his affair......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on July 16, 2013

Human trafficking, sex slavery, the buying and selling of minor children for the purpose of the underground sex trade... whatever you want to call it... A difficult topic to read about yet the author did a great job in creating a passionate and moving story that was entertaining while at the same ti......more