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

273 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

Description

'On the cold, black night of 31 March 2007, my mother and I scrambled down the steep, rocky bank of the frozen Yalu River that divides North Korea and China. There were patrols above us and below...'This is the incredible, true story of thirteen-y...

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Moods

emotional 81%
sad 68%
inspiring 65%
informative 63%
dark 57%
challenging 44%
reflective 41%
tense 35%
hopeful 32%
adventurous 9%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 26%
slow 7%

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4.52

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