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|title=Prayers for the Stolen

|author=Jennifer Clement

|publisher=Vintage

|date=February 2015

|website=http://www.jennifer-clement.com/

|video=wa-U9USvYaA

|summary=Beautiful girls are under constant threat from traffickers in Ladydi's part of Mexico. A harrowing coming-of-age story.

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Ladydi Garcia Martínez lives in rural Chilpancingo, Mexico, with her mother, Rita, who works as a cleaning lady for a rich family. Like many of the men in their town who left to find work, Ladydi's father crossed the river into America, where he is rumoured to have another family. As a result, this is very much a matriarchal community. Rita describes the situation for Ladydi's teacher: 'You men don't get it, yet, do you? This is a land of women. Mexico belongs to women.'