From Playground to Prostitute: Based on a true story of salvation
By Elanie Kruger and Jaco Hough-Coetzee
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After a desperate and impoverished childhood Engela, as a rebellious teenager, becomes mixed up with Satanism, alcohol and drugs. She eventually flees to Bloemfontein because the leader of the Satanic Group 13 wants to kill her. Her path crosses with Pieter, a friend of her brother’s, who turns her over to the owner of a brothel to clear his debt. There she is kept as a sex slave.
Her only wish is to escape, but how? Every night the club’s doors are shuttered. Her final shot at freedom is the young student Jacques who works in the club’s reception area. But then he disappears from the scene following a mysterious accident in the Drakensberg . . . In the second part of the book Elanie shares her experiences from a Christian perspective - her life as a sex slave, how she learned to cope with despair, loneliness, pain and humiliation. She reaches out to victims of sex trafficking, exploring the power of forgiveness and acceptance, and also offers essential practical advice for parents and children.
From Playground to Prostitute is a gripping thriller based on Elanie Kruger’s life story. ‘Unfortunately many teenagers these days find themselves in the same circumstances I was trapped in. Parents exist in a cocoon of denial as far as the reality is concerned and think these things always happen elsewhere. When a child disappears they always say to me: “If only I knew.” Do YOU know enough to keep your child out of the clutches of human trafficking?’
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Reviews for From Playground to Prostitute
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5IT ALL SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THE BOOK TITLE. THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING BUT CONFUSING BOOK BUT I LOVED IT.
THE TITLE OF THE STORY IS NARRATED THROUGHOUT THE STORY WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO HER WHEN YOU MAKE YOURSELF READY TO READ WHAT IS GOIN TO HAPPEN TO HER THEN YOU ARE BEING TAKEN BACK TO HER CHILDHOOD, AND THEN AFTER THAT THE STORY CONTINUES WITH THE NEXT MORNING.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS ONE SERIOUS CRIME IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE EXPLOITED IN THIS BOOK FOR ME THEY ONLY FOCUSSED ON THE BROTHEL PART OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND NOT THE WHOLE OF IT.
THE STORY WITH JACQUES FOR ME IN THE BEGINNING IT FELT LIKE HE HURT HER THAT WAS WHY SHE WOKED UP WITH BLOOD EVERY MORNING BETWEEN HER LEGS BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS THERE WHEN SHE WOKED UP SO HIS STORY WAS UNPREDICTABLE HATS OF TO IT. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO READ WHAT HAPPEN TO BROTHEL AND ALSO WHAT HAPPEN BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM DID THEY FALL INLOVE OR DID THEY SAY FAREWELL AFTER HE SAFED HER BECAUSE IT LOOKED AS IF HE HAD FALLEN FOR HER.
IT IS A GREAT BOOK BUT WOULD HAVE LOVED MORE