In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Yeonmi Park

288 pages first pub 2015 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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 Yeonmi Park grew up thinking it was normal to see dead bodies on your walk to school; to be so hungry that you ate wild plants; and for neighbours to "disappear" without warning. She believed the "Dear Leader" could read her thoughts - and punish...

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Moods

emotional 80%
sad 69%
inspiring 64%
informative 62%
dark 59%
challenging 44%
reflective 40%
tense 36%
hopeful 34%
adventurous 9%

Pace

medium 65%
fast 28%
slow 6%

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