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

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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 w...

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Main Author: Park, Yeonmi, 1993-
Other Authors: Kim, Eji (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Audio, 2015.
Edition:Unabridged.
Subjects:
Park, Yeonmi, > 1993-
Escapes > Korea (North) > History > 21st century.
Young women > Korea (North) > Biography.
Refugees > Korea (North) > Biography.
Defectors > Korea (North) > Biography.
Human rights workers > Korea (South) > Biography.
Korea (North) > History > 1994-2011 > Biography.
Korea (North) > Politics and government > 1994-2011.
Korea (South) > Biography.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Physical Description:1 online resource (8 audio files) : digital
Playing Time:09:38:10
Format:Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 271308 KB).
Audience:Text Difficulty 6 - Text Difficulty 8
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ISBN:9781101924044
Author Notes:Yeonmi Park is a human rights activist who was born in North Korea. She is also the author of While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America. A graduate of Columbia University, she lives in New York City.

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