Sexual Abuse In Sarah Forsyth's Slave Girl

Sarah Forsyth’s Slave Girl Reviewed
Many people do not see slavery as a current issue of concern. However, “Globally, the International Labor Organization estimates that about 20.9 million people are trafficked and that 22% of them are victims of forced sexual exploitation”(Alcindor). Readers are forced to acknowledge the existence of slavery in today’s world through the personal experiences told in Sarah Forsyth’s book, Slave Girl. Forsyth presents readers with the sad, shocking, and gory details of her journey from being a sexually abused child, to a sexually exploited young woman, and subsequently to her escape and recovering years.
Sarah Forsyth was raised in Gateshead, England. Her early life was nothing if not hell. Forsyth’s sexual abuse was intermittent throughout the majority of her life. To date she still suffers from the terrible repercussions of such a terrible existence, including disease and drug addiction. Forsyth is a recovering drug addict with Hepatitis C. Now she works to help other kids to avoid, or recover from, a life such as hers.
While in care, Forsyth suffered more sexual abuse from multiple perpetrators such as many of the orderlies at one care facility. After many attempts, she finally succeeded at running away. For a few years, Forsyth was placed in a safe care-home. Just as her healing really began, at the age of sixteen, Forsyth was released from care per English law. Sarah moved in with her mother and siblings; her mother had long since divorced her