"Riveting .
Like the multimillion-copy bestseller The Glass Castle, this memoir moves us through the power of its unflinching candor and generosity..
She left the Streets behind, yet found herself back, this time working to help homeless and at-risk youth discover their own paths to a better life.
Through small miracles, Carissa accomplished the unimaginable, graduating from UCLA with both a law degree and an MBA.
But then her Life was transformed through the unexpected kindness of a teacher and a counselor.
With little to hope for, she expected to end up in prison, or worse.
Even when she escaped him, she could not outrun the crushing inner pain of abuse, neglect, and abandonment.
By the time she was twelve, she had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp.
Kaywell Award Finalist from the Florida Council of Teachers of English Carissa Phelps was a runner.
A genuinely important book that casts the problem of sex trafficking in America into stunning, heartbreaking relief." (Kirkus Reviews) A School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Teens A Joan F. . . "Riveting
