A harrowing tale of love, deception, and the realities of human trafficking comes from the pen of South African author Lisa Becker.
Lisa Becker, vice president of the HUGE Sustainable Development Association and CEO of Firelion Media, will be in Alexandra on April 20th, the second stop on her tour for her book The Blue Door.
This novel is inspired by real-life events and aims to shed light on the prevalence of human trafficking and abusive relationships in modern society.
In the novel, Jessica Van Rooyen meets Dylan Armstrong at the bar where she works in London. After a few romantic dates and a few phone calls, she moves to El Paso, Texas. She soon realizes that nothing is as he promised, and he forces her into his business suite, where all her talent as an artist lies in her soul until she meets Benjamin. It's slowly being erased.
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Jessica dreams at night, which unfolds in real life, where she meets people and goes to places she has imagined. Benjamin runs a tea shop that sells handmade items from around the world. Her Benjamin was a religious man who believed that her God was directing her at night, and that Benjamin guided her to the meaning of her dreams and led her to the Texas border. Masu.
There, her eyes were opened to the level of human trafficking currently taking place. After being proposed to and moved into a state-of-the-art home, Jessica must choose between a man who can provide her with all the comforts in the world and a man who will challenge her to make a lasting impact and change in her life. To many children around the world.
As Jessica's journey unfolds, readers are given a glimpse into the world of human trafficking, and Becker's prose captures the fear, despair, and resilience of the women caught up in this dangerous web.
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Becker, herself a survivor of an abusive relationship, hopes that by sharing her story, she can raise awareness about the dangers of toxic relationships and human trafficking.
“I wanted to tell a story that would show women the red flags of a toxic relationship and open the world's eyes to the human trafficking that takes place under their noses every day.
“This novel was written to encourage women to speak up. Women use their egos to please men, thinking, 'If I dim the shine, he will shine more.' They endure subtle forms of emotional abuse until they forget.”
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