Kruzan’s memoir, written with the author and playwright Thomas, is a cogent and moving firsthand account of how systems fail to protect some of the most vulnerable among us. In a poignant chapter, Kruzan describes several suicide attempts.

The narrator’s voice in Kruzan’s story is difficult to define. She uses sophisticated words and ideas to describe the horrors of her life as a pre-teen that she could not possibly have known then. She admits that many of her memories have been suppressed and that her mind went someplace else during much of her abuse.

Courageous and unforgettable.

Activist Kruzan debuts with a stirring account of her harrowing experience as a victim of child sex trafficking...Writing with power and clarity, she asserts 'the most important reqiurement for preventing the sexual exploitation of...victims of trafficking is empathy.' Her testimony rings out as a searing critique of a broken criminal justice system and a galvanizing call to the end the violence it permits..

A testament to both the capricious nature of the American criminal justice system and the power of hope, Kruzan's book, co-writen by Thomas, is a harrowing and eye-opening account of how easily things can go wrong...Kruzan describes her life in unflinching but compassionate detail...The narrative moves fast, giving readers a palpable sense of Kruzan's helplessness to stop what was happening as she was swept up in physical and sexual abuse and groomed by GG to be a trafficked child...A must-read for parents, civil servants, and activists..