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Author:

Park, Yeonmi, 1993- author.

Title:

In order to live : a North Korean girl's journey to freedom / Yeonmi Park ; with Maryanne Vollers ; [map illustration by John Gilkes].

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, portraits ; 22 cm.

Other Authors:

Vollers, Maryanne, author.
Gilkes, John, illustrator.

Notes:

The Bettendorf Public Library copy is part of the Global Gathering Korea project.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.' 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. This book is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escape through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and then her escape from China across the Gobi desert to Mongolia, with only the stars to guide her way, and from there to South Korea and at last to freedom; and finally her emergence as a leading human rights activist - all before her 21st birthday.

ISBN:

014310974X
9780143109747

OCLC:

(OCoLC)934502894

Locations:

LHPD057 -- Audubon Public Library (Audubon) — B PARK

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

OOAX232 -- Clinton Community College Library (Clinton)

VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

ENPC715 -- Sanborn Public Library (Sanborn)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)