Hyeonseo Lee
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 4.44 | 42752 Users | 4310 Reviews
Details Out Of Books The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
| Title | : | The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story |
| Author | : | Hyeonseo Lee |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | July 2nd 2015 by William Collins |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Cultural. Asia. Biography Memoir. History |
Description To Books The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal totalitarian regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told “the best on the planet”? Aged seventeen, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be twelve years before she was reunited with her family. She could not return, since rumours of her escape were spreading, and she and her family could incur the punishments of the government authorities – involving imprisonment, torture, and possible public execution. Hyeonseo instead remained in China and rapidly learned Chinese in an effort to adapt and survive. Twelve years and two lifetimes later, she would return to the North Korean border in a daring mission to spirit her mother and brother to South Korea, on one of the most arduous, costly and dangerous journeys imaginable. This is the unique story not only of Hyeonseo’s escape from the darkness into the light, but also of her coming of age, education and the resolve she found to rebuild her life – not once, but twice – first in China, then in South Korea. Strong, brave and eloquent, this memoir is a triumph of her remarkable spirit.Point Books Toward The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
| Original Title: | The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story |
| ISBN: | 0007554834 (ISBN13: 9780007554836) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Shanghai(China) Hyesan(Korea, Democratic People's Republic of) Shenyang, Liaoning(China) …more Seoul, South Korea(Korea, Republic of) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2015) |
Rating Out Of Books The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
Ratings: 4.44 From 42752 Users | 4310 ReviewsComment On Out Of Books The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
Excellent and much different than Escape from Camp 14 and other books which involved life in the prison camps. The author lived what many would have considered a fairly normal life in a North Korea border town with China. This story gives a picture of average life in North Korea, life for defectors in China, and life struggling with their new identity. Her family adds much drama to the story as well. A very good read to get a different perspective and to learn from Hyeonseo's incredible story.Being an American, I knew a little about the hardships in North Korea, as well as how crazy Kim Jong-Il was (& now Kim Jong-Un). But reading this memoir of a North Korean defector's account just floored me. It definitely opened my eyes
What a fascinating look inside a place so shrouded in secrecy. I've watched a couple of documentaries about North Korea on Netflix, and was shocked by the extent of indoctrination and how isolated the North Korean people are from knowledge of the world beyond their borders. This is the story of a young girl who had it pretty good in North Korea, comparatively speaking [the ludicrousness of that statement is illustrated by the fate of her father], but was starting to have some doubts and
It was amusing.I'm still confused and shocked about people's lives in north korea.Now I have new vision about your country and your people and I own
I did enjoy this but I also feel like she made a lot of really incredibly dumb choices that really made no sense. For example she stayed with relatives in China for 2 whole years (!!!) and didn't think of maybe using that time to get a job to save money, or to learn a vocation? Then she runs away penniless on the spur of the moment and has no plan of what to do. You had 2 years to think about it and relied on the kindness of distant relatives to support you, but you didn't think ahead of what to
What an interesting story and its so hard to believe that in this day and age that a whole nation of 25.5 Million people could be so cut off from the rest of the world and its leader could controll and dictate everything about peoples lives from birth to death.I had read a couple of books on North Korea over the years and came across The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defectors Story and another book which I felt were both worth reading.This book is easy to read and Hyeonseo Lee is
Thanks to everyone who voted in the 2015 #GoodreadsChoice Awards. Of course, I was hoping to win, but I'm still honored that I came in 4th place out of many good books. Wow!!! I never thought my memoir would make it to the FINAL round of the 2015 #GoodreadsChoice Award. Only ten books are left. Thank you so much to everyone who has read my book and supported me. https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward... A huge honor. The Girl With Seven Names is nominated for a #GoodreadsChoice Award for Best
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