Sold for Silver: An Autobiography of a Girl Sold into Slavery in Southeast Asia Greece telling her full story as

telling her full story as she has lived it—in her own words and on her own terms

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Sold for Silver: An Autobiography of a Girl Sold into Slavery in Southeast Asia Greece telling her full story asThe true story of China born Janet Lim, who was sold into slavery as a young girl in 1930s Singapore. When Singapore falls to the Japanese in 1942, she escapes by ship, but when its bombed and sinks, Janet floats at sea for days close to death. Rescued by fishermen then captured by the Japanese, she narrowly escapes sexual imprisonment as a comfort woman and is tortured. An inspirational autobiography of a true heroine.