Elizabeth Harper’s rousing survivor’s memoir of her abuse suffered at the hands of the Rotherham grooming gangs—Snatched, written with Veronica Clark, has recently topped Amazon’s charts as the #1 bestseller in the ‘Self-Help for Abuse’ category.

Without a doubt, this latest boost in sales can be attributed to Elizabeth’s recent media interviews—most tellingly, an interview that was conducted by Andrew Marr of LBC Radio.

In her interview, Harper lambasts the inattentiveness of the local services designed, in theory, to protect her and other vulnerable girls, calling on Keir Starmer to conduct a national inquiry.

You can read the interview in full here.

Aged just 15, lonely and bullied by her peers, Elizabeth ‘El’ Harper felt like an outcast. But then a chance encounter in the street with a friendly woman suddenly brought hope to her world. A friendship between El and this benevolent stranger blossomed, and life began to feel worth living again.

As the months passed, El grew more and more distant from her family. One day, she didn’t return home to her parents at all…

Snatched is the shocking true story of how a young girl was taken from the streets and groomed into Britain’s biggest sex-trafficking ring, all at the hands of a woman.

It is also an inspiring account of how trauma can turn vulnerability to strength in the most extraordinary of ways.

Snatched is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or Bookshop.org.