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In order to live : a North Korean girl's journey to freedom / Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2015Description: 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1594206791
  • 9781594206795
Subject(s):
Contents:
Prologue -- Part One: North Korea. Even the Birds and Mice Can Hear You Whisper ; A Dangerous History ; Swallows and Magpies ; Tears of Blood ; The Dear Leader ; City of Dreams ; The Darkest Nights ; A Song for Chosun ; Jangmadang Generation ; The Lights of China ; Missing -- Part Two: China. The Other Side of Darkness ; A Deal with the Devil ; A Birthday Gift ; Dust and Bones ; Kidnapped ; Like Bread from the Sky ; Following the Stars -- Part Three: South Korea. The Freedom Birds ; Dreams and Nightmares ; A Hungry Mind ; Now on My Way to Meet You ; Amazing Grace ; Homecoming.
Summary: "Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before [now] 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"--Amazon.com.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Park, Y. P236 Checked out water damage/pink staining on bottom edge of pages near spine. 5/8/2023 05/29/2024 33111008068435
Total holds: 1

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"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.

Prologue -- Part One: North Korea. Even the Birds and Mice Can Hear You Whisper ; A Dangerous History ; Swallows and Magpies ; Tears of Blood ; The Dear Leader ; City of Dreams ; The Darkest Nights ; A Song for Chosun ; Jangmadang Generation ; The Lights of China ; Missing -- Part Two: China. The Other Side of Darkness ; A Deal with the Devil ; A Birthday Gift ; Dust and Bones ; Kidnapped ; Like Bread from the Sky ; Following the Stars -- Part Three: South Korea. The Freedom Birds ; Dreams and Nightmares ; A Hungry Mind ; Now on My Way to Meet You ; Amazing Grace ; Homecoming.

"Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before [now] 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"--Amazon.com.

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