In order to live (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): a North Korean girl's journey to freedom
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8 books in one bag illustrations, map ; 25 cm AUDIOBOOK, LARGE PRINT AVAILABLE FROM COLORADO TALKING BOOK LIBRARY
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Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal, recognized that in order to be "completely free," she had to confront the truth of her past. It is an ugly, shameful story of being sold with her mother into slave marriages by Chinese brokers, and although she at first tried to hide the painful details when blending into South Korean society, she realized how her survival story could inspire others. Moreover, her sister had also escaped earlier and had vanished into China for years, prompting the author to go public with her story in the hope of finding her sister. Yeonmi Park has lived through experiences that few people of any age will ever know, and most people would never recover from. Park confronts her past with a startling resilience, refusing to be defeated or defined by the circumstances of her former life in North Korea and China. 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 rare, edifying, and terribly important, and the story she tells in In Order to Live is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. Her voice is riveting and dignified. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Park, Y., & Vollers, M. (2016). In order to live (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): a North Korean girl's journey to freedom . Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Park, Yeonmi, 1993- and Maryanne, Vollers. 2016. In Order to Live (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom. Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Park, Yeonmi, 1993- and Maryanne, Vollers. In Order to Live (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom Penguin Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Park, Yeonmi, and Maryanne Vollers. In Order to Live (Colorado State Library Book Club Collection): A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom Penguin Press, 2016.
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