Join us as we come together to read, reflect and discuss a new book each month. Sold, by best selling author Patricia McCormick, is a compelling novel that depicts the journey of a young Nepali girl, named Lakshmi who is sold into sexual slavery in India. Lakshmi’s life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she lives by her mother’s words – “Simply to endure is to triumph” – and gradually, she forms friendships with other girls that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a decision – will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life?

Written in spare and evocative vignettes, this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who not only survives but triumphs. 

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Host bio:

Shelly Dill Combs is an attorney at the Colorado Court of Appeals. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Women’s Bar Association and is involved with Colorado’s legal aid community in providing services to those without access to the legal system or representation. Shelly is passionate about human rights, women’s rights, and international and domestic poverty issues. She is also an avid travler, a mother of two young children, and loves stories and the power of the written word.