a North Korean girl's journey to freedomPark, Yeonmi1993-creatorauthorVollers, MaryanneauthorGilkes, JohnillustratortextAutobiographies.Biography.Biographies.nyu20162015monographiceng

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273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : map, portraits ; 22 cm'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 birthdayEven the birds and mice can hear you whisper -- A dangerous history -- Swallows and magpies -- Tears of blood -- The Dear Leader -- City of dreams -- The darkest nights -- A song for Chosun -- Jangmadang generation -- The lights of China -- Missing -- The other side of darkness -- A deal with the devil -- A birthday gift -- Dust and bones -- Kidnapped -- Like bread from the sky -- Following the stars -- The freedom birds -- Dreams and nightmares -- A hungry mind -- Now on my way to meet you -- Amazing grace -- HomecomingYeonmi Park ; with Maryanne Vollers ; [map illustration by John Gilkes]Park, Yeonmi1993-Park, Yeonmi1993- 1994-2011 fast 6673 RefugeesKorea (North)BiographyDefectorsKorea (North)BiographyEscapesKorea (North)DefectorsEscapesPolitics and governmentRefugeesSocial conditionsKorea (North)BiographyKorea (North)Social conditionsKorea (North)Politics and government1994-2011Korea (North)B9780143109747014310974X16010920250709151940.0934502894