In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park

In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park

'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.' Yeonmi 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. This book is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escape through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and then her escape from China across the Gobi desert to Mongolia, with only the stars to guide her way, and from there to South Korea and at last to freedom; and finally her emergence as a leading human rights activist - all before her 21st birthday. 'Clear-eyed and devastating' Observer

Clear-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 *

Yeonmi Park was born in Hyesan, North Korea in 1993 and currently lives in New York.

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ISBN 13	9780241973035
ISBN 10	0241973031
Titel	In Order To Live
Autor	Yeonmi Park
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Penguin Books Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2016-07-07
Seitenanzahl	288
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