In order to live : a North Korean girl's journey to freedom

Park, Yeonmi 1993- (author.). Vollers, Maryanne, (author.).

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" --

Record details

ISBN: 1594206791
ISBN: 9781594206795
Physical Description: 273 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, photographs ; 25 cm
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Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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.