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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10014310974X
ISBN-139780143109747
eBay Product ID (ePID)28038292860
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Book TitleIn Order to Live : a North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, History & Theory, Personal Memoirs, General, Women's Studies, Social Activists, Asia / Korea, World / Asian
Publication Year2016
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorYeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
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Reviews"One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard - and one of the most inspiring." - The Bookseller "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, "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
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal325/.21095193 B
Synopsis"I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea." - Yeonmi Park "One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard - and one of the most inspiring." - The Bookseller "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 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., "I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea." Yeonmi Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before has she revealed the most intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape. Park's family was loving and close-knit, but life in North Korea was brutal, practically medieval. Park would regularly go without food and was made to believe that, Kim Jong Il, the country's dictator, could read her mind. After her father was imprisoned and tortured by the regime for trading on the black-market, a risk he took in order to provide for his wife and two young daughters, Yeonmi and her family were branded as criminals and forced to the cruel margins of North Korean society. With thirteen-year-old Park suffering from a botched appendectomy and weighing a mere sixty pounds, she and her mother were smuggled across the border into China. I wasn't dreaming of freedom when I escaped from North Korea. I didn't even know what it meant to be free. All I knew was that if my family stayed behind, we would probably die--from starvation, from disease, from the inhuman conditions of a prison labor camp. The hunger had become unbearable; I was willing to risk my life for the promise of a bowl of rice. But there was more to our journey than our own survival. My mother and I were searching for my older sister, Eunmi, who had left for China a few days earlier and had not been heard from since. Park knew the journey would be difficult, but could not have imagined the extent of the hardship to come . Those years in China cost Park her childhood, and nearly her life. By the time she and her mother made their way to South Korea two years later, her father was dead and her sister was still missing. Before now, only her mother knew what really happened between the time they crossed the Yalu river into China and when they followed the stars through the frigid Gobi Desert to freedom. As she writes, "I convinced myself that a lot of what I had experienced never happened. I taught myself to forget the rest." In In Order to Live, 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. Still in her early twenties, Yeonmi Park has lived through experiences that few people of any age will ever know--and most people would never recover from. Park confronts her past with a startling resilience, refusing to be defeated or defined by the circumstances of her former life in North Korea and China. 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 rare, edifying, and terribly important, and the story she tells in In Order to Live is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. Her voice is riveting and dignified. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable., "I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea." -- Yeonmi Park "One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard--and one of the most inspiring." -- The Bookseller 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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- 14. Jun. 2023
The life of a very courageous human being
This woman's story is beyond amazing. It should be required reading for ALL American high school and college students - they could learn how precious this "freedom" we have in the United States is, and how so many young people have grown up with it and have no understanding and appreciation of how very fortunate they are to have it, and might be motivated to be proud to be an American. God Bless Yeonmi for her courage to recount her young life in Korea and her pursuit of freedom.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 11. Mai. 2023
An amazing, and yet horrifying story.
An unthinkable story of a 13 year old girl who escaped from North Korea simply because she was starving and hoped to get a bowl of rice. Her journey was largely an ongoing nightmare, but she finally reached South Korea. There she had to learn how to live in freedom. She went from having no decisions to make to having to learn to think for herself. Through hardship, and with almost superhuman resolve, she ultimately, well, read the book. It is worth the effort.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 06. Jul. 2021
Wonderful
This is a great book. Very sad she had such a hard life, but incredibly happy she was able to overcome her past and survive!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 07. Mai. 2022
the things one must do to survive,
she is very brave and her life is tragedy to triumph she won freedomBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 01. Dez. 2023
In Order To Live, A North Korean Girl's Journey To Freedom
This books should be read by anyone thinking they have a hard life !! Yeonmi Park documents her, and her family's struggle as the ytried to survive in North KoreaBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 26. Apr. 2022
A great story
True stories, a great read.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 20. Aug. 2023
Every American should read this; our democracy is precious.
The price for the book was good and the content of the book is a must read and I think every American should read it. I knew life in No.Korea was hard but didn't know it was this bad. Our democracy is precious.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 22. Sep. 2020
Uplifting and Powerful
Wonderful uplifting true story. Well worth the read.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 29. Dez. 2022
She risked prison life to escape starving to death.
I gave away the first one and bought anotherBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
- 17. Aug. 2021
Must read
Every American should read. The reality of communism.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
