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in Hyesan, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

October 04, 1993

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Park Yeon-mi (Korean: 박연미) is a North Korean defector and human rights activist who escaped from North Korea to China in 2007 and settled in South Korea in 2009, before moving to the United States in 2014. She came from an educated, politically connected family that turned to black market trading during North Korea's economic collapse in the 1990s. After her father was sent to a labor camp for smuggling, her family faced starvation. They fled to China, where Park and her mother fell into the hands of human traffickers and was sold into slavery before escaping to Mongolia. She is now an advocate for victims of human trafficking in China and works to promote human rights in North Korea and around the globe.

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Average rating: 4.46 · 115,989 ratings · 11,543 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park, Maryanne Vollers 4.48 avg rating — 110,665 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America by Yeonmi Park, Jordan B. Peterson (Foreword) 3.95 avg rating — 5,404 ratings — published 2023 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I inhaled books like other people breathe oxygen. I didn't just read for knowledge or pleasure, I read to live.”
― Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

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“We all have our own deserts. They may not be the same as my desert, but we all have to cross them to find a purpose in life and be free.”
― Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

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“It amazed me how quickly a lie loses its power in the face of truth.”
― Yeonmi Park, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

tags: inspirational, lies, power, truth

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What should be our July Non-Fiction Group Read? (Memoir/Autobiography)

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir

18 votes 22.0%

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

16 votes 19.5%

The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam by G. Willow Wilson

13 votes 15.9%

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

9 votes 11.0%

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

6 votes 7.3%

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace

5 votes 6.1%

Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life by bell hooks

5 votes 6.1%

Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin

3 votes 3.7%

Shame by Annie Ernaux

2 votes 2.4%

They Left Us Everything: A Memoir by Plum Johnson

2 votes 2.4%

Lo que no tiene nombre by Piedad Bonnett (Only published in Spanish)

2 votes 2.4%

The Twelve Little Cakes by Dominika Dery

1 vote 1.2%

82 total votes

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