In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

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Yeomi highlighted her own personal story of herself and her family but millions of other peoples stories through writing her own struggles. Photograph: Beowulf Sheehan View image in fullscreen Yeonmi Park: ‘Until I started writing, I just shut my mind off.

They fled to China, where Park and her mother fell into the hands of human traffickers and was sold into slavery before escaping to Mongolia. Split into three parts to document her escape from North Korea, set in NK, China and South Korea, the account is heartbreaking, fascinating and punctuated by the odd bit of humour that translates perfectly from the personality I met - she learned early to hide her suffering behind a mask. This should be a red flag for all of us, since it shows that people look for personal heroes and inspiring success stories whatever the cost.Everybody is more than ready to acknowledge and show their support for yet another hero overcoming all obstacles, but what about the half of the book that doesn't seem real at all? She is on a path to help others like herself and to hold North Korea accountable for their atrocious governing and lack of care for their people (to put it kindly). She is part of what is referred to as the 'Black Market Generation', young North Koreans born during/after the famine, North Koreans who don't have the same connection to Kim Il-sung (not only because he was long dead, but because they never experienced a successful/functioning North Korea). When Prince Philip died, a librarian in Kings College, London, circulated a photo of him opening the library.

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This gripping memoir takes readers on an emotional rollercoaster, as Yeonmi shares her harrowing journey from the oppressive regime of North Korea to the freedom she now enjoys. You can’t read a story like this without feeling admiration and awe that she survived what she did and went on to overcome the scars of her past and resist the North Korean stigma that ostracized her when she reached South Korea. Ich kenne diese Vorwürfe, und tue sie auch nicht als Quatsch ab, sondern denke, dass da definitiv etwas dran ist. Highly recommend this book, I read it in 3 days…everytime I had spare time I would pick it up and couldn’t put it down. She has marketed her story in a tv series in South Korea (in which she starred) as well as radio, the internet and now print to much success.The author's vivid descriptions of her life under the regime paint a chilling picture of the hardships faced by ordinary citizens. While many take freedom for granted, Park offers an interesting perspective of South Korean freedom, which might provide much sobriety for the reader. Yeonmi's journey to freedom is fraught with danger, but her unwavering courage and resourcefulness are truly inspiring.