In Order To Live

In Order To Live by Park, Yeonmi. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781410483386.

"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 didnt even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that shewas 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 Parks struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on earth; her harrowing escapethrough Chinas 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"--From Penguin Random House website.