Freedom At Last

This is an extract from the novel ‘The Garden of Sparkling Delight,’ by Deborah Varen. Yara, who is a friend of the chief character, is a girl who has been tricked into working in a brothel, has just escaped and gone to enlist the help of a friend. 

“I’ve got to get help for Tis,’ replied Yara.  She’s fading away.  I must get home and fetch her father.’ And she told him where Tis lived.  Chinn whistled.’ That’s a long way,’ he exclaimed. ‘Have you got any money?’  ‘No, I haven’t ,’ she wailed looking at him desperately. ‘Look,’ said Chinn, ‘I’ll give you what I can. Then go to the bus station and catch a bus home. While you’re gone I’ll keep an eye on Tis. I’ve been worried about her too.  She’s getting so thin.’ The words hung between them and the two looked at each other, both thinking the same though but afraid to put it into words in case it made the thought come true.” 

The  two characters above were right to be worried about their friend as she was seriously ill with a disease she had caught from one of the punters.  Whether they were successful in saving her life or not you will have to   read the rest of the book to discover.  The book can be obtained from  Amazon, in hard copy or Kindle, or by downloading a free audio version from this site or You Tube. 

The story indeed, seeks to  draw attention to  the fact that few sex slaves escape with their health, either mental or physical, intact, even if they are fortunate enough to get away from their captivity in real life. Please read the book and pass on to your friends in order to raise the awareness of  the appalling human cost of modern slavery.

'The Garden of Sparkling Delight' on Amazon

You can download a free audio version from this site just use the link to the free audio, or go to the links at the top of this WEB page and select 'Tis The Podcast'.  There you will find access to the 21 half hours episodes to listen on-line or download for later listening and sharing.  The novel can be obtained from Amazon for a modest sum in paperback and on the Kindle e-reader.  

The novel tells the story of one young girl as you travel with her through the situation that caused her to be tricked into sexual slavery and the dreadful life she had thereafter, until her rescue.

No money is made out of this book and you can also listen to the novel for free from this site or on You Tube.  The novel can be obtained from Amazon for a modest sum in paperback and on the Kindle e-reader.  You can use this link to the free audio, 

The Podcast 

or go to the links at the top of this WEB page and select 'Tis The Podcast'.  There you will find access to the 21 half hours episodes to listen  on-line or download for later listening and sharing.  

For up to date information from those working to end this trade and support victims contact:-

ECPAT  www.ecpat.org.uk [End Child Pornography and Trafficking] is active in the UK and several other countries.  It specialises is lobbying, campaigning and supporting rescued slaves. 

The A21 Campaign www.thea21campaign.org - this is a global NGO that fights to abolish injustice in the 21^st century. Its focus is on those affected by human trafficking  and it runs prevention and protection schemes throughout Europe, Australia and USA. 

The Salvation Army  www.salvationarmy.org.uk/modern-slavery/am-i-safe-now

Stop the Traffik www.stopthetraffik.org - A global movement of individuals communities and organizations fighting to prevent human trafficking around the world. 

Meninadanca www.meninadanca.org - This society fights child prostitution along the remote arterial highways of Brazil. They also provide a place of safety where rescued girls can go and be rehabilitated.  

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