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

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In order to live

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Yeonmi Park with Maryanne Vollers

a North Korean girl's journey to freedom

Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal, recognized that in order to be "completely free," she had to confront the truth of her past. It is an ugly, shameful story of being sold with her mother into slave marriages by Chinese brokers, and although she at first tried to hide the painful details when blending into South Korean society, she realized how her survival story could inspire others. Moreover, her sister had also escaped earlier and had vanished into China for years, prompting the author to go public with her story in the hope of finding her sister

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 -- 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 -- The freedom birds -- Dreams and nightmares -- A hungry mind -- Now on my way to meet you -- Amazing grace -- Homecoming