First, I feel a little bad rating In Order to Live: a North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom three stars. Park’s life story to the point of her writing this book, just 21 years, is full of the sort of deprivations, suffering, drive to survive, and eventually hope that make you want to love the work. Yeonmi Park’s life deserves notice and her book deserves to be read. Unfortunately for me, it felt more like homework than a captivating read. Second, there are some books […]
“It amazed me how quickly a lie loses its power in the face of truth.”
In Order to Live: a North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers
