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Sep 27, 2016 | ISBN 9780143109747 Buy
Sep 29, 2015 | ISBN 9781594206795 Buy
Sep 29, 2015 | ISBN 9780698409361 Buy
Sep 29, 2015 | 578 Minutes Buy
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Sep 27, 2016 | ISBN 9780143109747
Sep 29, 2015 | ISBN 9781594206795
Sep 29, 2015 | ISBN 9780698409361
Sep 29, 2015 | ISBN 9780698410497
578 Minutes
“An eloquent, wrenchingly honest work that vividly represents the plight of many North Koreans.” —Kirkus Reviews“Park’s remarkable and inspiring story shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond comprehension. Park’s important memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit and one young woman’s incredible determination to never be hungry again.” —Publishers Weekly“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.”In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea—and to freedom. Park confronts her past with a startling resilience. In spite of everything, she has never stopped being proud of where she is from, and never stopped striving for a better life. Indeed, today she is a human rights activist working determinedly to bring attention to the oppression taking place in her home country. Park’s testimony is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable.
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Yeonmi Park is a human rights activist who was born in North Korea. She escaped as a teenager with her family and now works to bring attention to the horrors of the political oppression in her home country. Park has… More about Yeonmi Park
“An eloquent, wrenchingly honest work that vividly represents the plight of many North Koreans.” —Kirkus Reviews“Park’s remarkable and inspiring story shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond comprehension. Park’s important memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit and one young woman’s incredible determination to never be hungry again.” —Publishers Weekly
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