He surprises her by asking her what her name is, and if she is at Happiness House against her will. She takes on more and more clients and does extreme things in order to make more money, but things begin to change for her when she meets a blonde-haired American man who does not have sex with her, but talks to her, instead. Nevertheless, she focuses on her friendship with some of the other prostitutes, and befriends one of their children.Īs time goes on, Lakshmi becomes more desperate to get away from Happiness House, and to get home. She does her best to continue looking forward to going home, but as each day passes, she feels as if her situation is becoming more and more hopeless.
Lakshmi befriends some of the other prostitutes, like Shahanna, and does her best to figure out how much longer she has before she earns her freedom. There, Lakshmi is beaten and drugged into submission after she initially refuses to have sex with any of the customers, at which time she is forced to have sex with men in order to pay off the cost for which she has been purchased. When Lakshmi’s stepfather’s debts become too immense, he sells her as a sex slave, during which time Lakshmi is taken to an unnamed city in India, and sold to Mumtaz, the proprietor of Happiness House. Her mother is a devoted homemaker and her stepfather is a wasteful spender, preferring to use money to buy himself clothes, beer, and cigarettes instead of food for his family. Lakshmi lives with her mother and stepfather in a rural mountain village in Nepal.
“Sold” is a young adult novel by Patricia McCormick and details 13-year-old Lakshmi’s experiences after being sold into sexual slavery by her stepfather.
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