About a year ago Jill sent me a blog post by Tom Davis and his work with children who have aged out of orphanages in Russia and other countries. He wrote a book called Priceless that I just finished reading about two weeks ago.

While fictional, it describes in frightening detail the experiences of many of those children. Most of them are simply dumped on the street with no resources or support to fall back on. Many of them wind up as sex slaves in prostitution rings.

As literature, the book was not great. I found the main character's story unrealistic and his inner dialog unconvincing. However, as a description of a real-world situation, the book made my blood boil and made me want to do something about it. I will be working with a small group of men I know to try to do something about human trafficking in Ohio.

Priceless is worth reading for an education on how the sex trade works in Russia and other authoritarian countries, but don't expect high literature from it.