Author(s): Yeonmi Park

Biography and Memoir | Sarah

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.In Order to Live is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escape to South Korea through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and her emergence as a leading human rights activist -- all before her twenty-first birthday.

A gripping account of life in North Korea and her eventual escape. Detailing her fathers experience inside reeducation camps, being human trafficked inside of China and what freedom in South Korea looked and felt like. Incredibly important. 

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