In Order To Live by Yeonmi Park

It is a story of astonishing endurance - both physical and mental - which has already inspired people all around the world.

'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.

Yeonmi Park

Reviews

“ Harrowing, clear-eyed, devastating ”

Observer

“ A testimony to the incredible resilience of the human spirit ”

Daily Telegraph

“ Fascinating and frightening ”

Stylist

“ Yeonmi lifts the lid on the brutal regime of Kim Jong Il, of people starving, helpless citizens doing whatever they can in order to survive ”

Daily Mail

“ An amazing story ”

Lyse Doucet, BBC Chief International Correspondent

Paperback

9780241973035

May 2, 2016

Penguin General UK (UK Adult)

288 pages

RRP $24.99
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Trade Paperback

9780241203613

September 29, 2015

Fig Tree

288 pages

RRP $32.99
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EBook

9780241973042

September 29, 2015

Penguin eBooks (UK Adult)
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