Jr Ingrisano

Alicia in the Ruins Jr Ingrisano

Alicia is a South American child with an innate instinct for survival and a keen intelligence that could go toe to toe with any Fortune 500 CEO. Alone and on her own since age four, she has gone from feral child of the gutter living between dump and dumpster to a prostitute in the city's seedy red light district. However, Alicia has a plan that could ultimately bring down the foul industry that destroys the lives of millions of girls each year. In JR Ingrisano's must-read story -- a gritty, contemporary novel of hope and justice -- about how one girl with an indomitable spirit survives the horrors of modern-day sex slave trafficking, readers will get an intimate glimpse inside the depraved, amoral life created by the men and women who fuel and feed off the broken remains of a valueless civilization that sees young girls and women as nothing more than products to sell, use up, and discard. "This is a topic that needs to be discussed, and a story that needs to be told. My prayer is that people will read this book (which brought tears to my eyes at the end), and decide to do something about this issue." - Rev. Dt. Charles W. Green, Executive Pastor at The Highlands UMC.