![]() ![]() “She had sort of a seductive smile on her face.” Inspiration The story included three photos: the eight-year-old’s school picture, an image of her looking back over her shoulder fearfully (which was from a police-confiscated pornographic film) and the final, last seen shot of her when she was a few years older. ![]() Rivers had read in a women’s magazine about a little girl who had disappeared. She grew up in a loving home and had no idea what a character like Angel, the daughter of a prostitute who herself was sold into prostitution as a child, would be thinking, feeling or acting like during her difficult childhood. When Rivers, co-screenwriter and executive producer of the movie, started writing “Redeeming Love” in the late 1980s, she knew little of sex trafficking. Recently, the book was adapted into a feature film.īut during the 30 years since the book was published, more light has been shed on the sex trafficking industry, and on its perpetrators and its victims. “Redeeming Love” has sold more than 3 million copies and has been translated in 30 languages. ![]() The book portrays God’s unconditional love by following a couple, Michael Hosea and a prostitute named Angel, through their journey of brokenness to healing. Author Francine Rivers has many books to her credit, but her 1991 bestseller “Redeeming Love” stands out to many readers. ![]()
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