Not For Sale

I've been reading this book called Not for Sale by David Batstone. It's a book on human trafficking from an international perspective written by an American journalist/professor. And it's been an issue that's increasingly tough to ignore. It's easy to sweep a lot of the world's dirt from your mind because it's not something you experience. Definitely not something that a 20 year-old American experiences. Batstone brings this issue to light in a way that neither patronizes nor condemns the reader. There is no pedestal for the author to step down from because he was once just as ignorant as most of us are towards this issue. The book is a mix of anecdotes and just plain facts about human trafficking.

If you've ever thought about human trafficking or wanted to learn more about it, I would say that this book is a great place to start.