In Order to Live
A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
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Narrated by:
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Eji Kim
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Yeonmi Park
About this listen
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 to South Korea through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and her emergence as a leading human rights activist - all before her 21st birthday.
©2015 Penguin Audio (P)2015 Penguin AudioWhat listeners say about In Order to Live
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- Anonymous User
- 12-07-2019
Moved beyond words
What a deeply impacting story! Yeonmi Park - thank you for being completely vulnerable with your story and recognising the potential of how this can effect change across the world including your home of North Korea.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-09-2021
A story to be heard in full from the woman herself
A tale of unimaginable terrors as a girl in her first year of teen-hood fleeing one trauma after another and struggling to adapt to South Korea life and then thriving.
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- Liz
- 15-08-2021
Incredible story
Very interesting account of an unbelievably challenging life. Recommend everyone who has ever held an opinion on North Korea, listens to this.
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- Nick
- 20-10-2020
interesting insight
it's such an interesting insight into NK it might as well be a sequel to 1984
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-2018
great book and very impressive young lady
I think it is better to read as a book rather than to listen to.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-01-2018
A must read/listen
Very moving, couldn't stop listening to this compelling book! This story is very important as it humanises the struggle of regular North Koreans in a way that feels so pertinent given current global events and outsider perceptions of the dictatorship.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-12-2021
Incredible story
What of the most amazing, moving, sad and eye opening stories I have ever heard. A total eye opener to what life in North Korea is like. A story of survival, grief, struggles, love, loss and triumph. Truly inspiring and moving.
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- Natalie
- 07-03-2017
An incredible and inspiring story
It's unbelievable to hear the horrors Yeonmi faced as a young girl living in North Korea all before she was 20 years old. I couldn't stop reading this book and was inspired by Yeonmis bravery in sharing her story. Highly recommend.
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- Michael
- 28-03-2023
incredible
touching, incredibly sad and inspirational story. The world needs to hear this heroing and eye opening account of life in North Korea.
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- James
- 25-10-2023
A Touching Recounting of a Harrowing Ordeal
An insight into life in a place most of us will never know and only ever hear snippets of.
The story is raw, honest, and the narrator makes the listener feel like it’s Yeonmi narrating it herself.
It’s a reality check for most of us, inspiring us to take a look inside ourselves and reflect on how lucky we are. As is generally the case in life, it’s a pity that the ones who most need such a reality check, are the ones least likely to ever listen to something like this.
The highest praise to Yeonmi for sharing her story with the world.
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