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The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

by David John, Hyeonseo Lee
RM44.34 MYR Now RM40.62 MYR Save 8%
The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea
The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean's Escape

This book is a gripping and heart-wrenching memoir written by Hyeonseo Lee, who defied all odds to escape from North Korea and reunite with her family after 12 years. The unique appeal of this book lies in its firsthand account of life under the secretive North Korean regime and the terrifying struggle for freedom. It sheds light on the harsh realities faced by its citizens and offers a powerful story of resilience, hope, and the strength of the human spirit. For anyone interested in understanding the true cost of living in a totalitarian state, this book is a must-read.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

by David John, Hyeonseo Lee
RM44.34 MYR Now RM40.62 MYR Save 8%
ISBN: 9780007554850
Authors: David John, Hyeonseo Lee
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date of Publication: 2016-05-10
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, History
Related Topics: Biography, Biography Memoir, Politics, Memoir, Autobiography, Biography, Biography Memoir, History, Memoir, Autobiography, Asia, Politics
Goodreads rating: 4.42
(rated by 91199 readers)

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With this memoir, Hyeonseo Lee becomes one of the first female defectors from North Korea to share her story. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by the secretive and brutal communist regime created by dictator Kim Il-Sung and his successors (son Kim Jong-Il and grandson Kim Jong-Un). Although her privileged family background insulated her from the cruelest horrors of the regime, living near the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom. When the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question, and realize 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. Rumors 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—if she returned. Hyeonseo instead remained in China and rapidly learned Chinese in an effort to adapt and survive. This is the unique story not only of Hyeonseo’s escape from the darkness into the light but also of her coming
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The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean's Escape

This book is a gripping and heart-wrenching memoir written by Hyeonseo Lee, who defied all odds to escape from North Korea and reunite with her family after 12 years. The unique appeal of this book lies in its firsthand account of life under the secretive North Korean regime and the terrifying struggle for freedom. It sheds light on the harsh realities faced by its citizens and offers a powerful story of resilience, hope, and the strength of the human spirit. For anyone interested in understanding the true cost of living in a totalitarian state, this book is a must-read.

  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.