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In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey To FreedomStock informationGeneral Fields
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Local Description~ This book is an incredibly eye opening memoir about a young woman, Yeonmi Park, who grew up in the poverty stricken city of Hyesan in North Korea and her journey to freedom. Yeonmi is a wonderful, frank writer and despite its harrowing nature, the book was an inspiration, and very compelling. Yeonmi's description of life in North Korea is reminiscent of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the level of control and fear the 'Dear Leader' inflicts upon his people, down to the smallest child, is appalling. DescriptionYeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die -- from starvation, or disease, or even execution.In Order to Live is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escape to South Korea through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and her emergence as a leading human rights activist -- all before her twenty-first birthday. ReviewsClear-eyed and devastating. Observer One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard - and one of the most inspiring ... A book to make you newly thankful for the freedom you have never been forced to fight for. The Bookseller An eloquent, wrenchingly honest work that vividly represents the plight of many North Koreans. Kirkus Author descriptionYeonmi Park was born in Hyesan, North Korea in 1993 and currently lives in New York. |