From the Bookshelf of 2016 Reading Challenge Group

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
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Start date
January 13, 2016
Finish date
January 16, 2016

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Lisa
I have mixed feelings about this book and would technically give it 3 1/2 stars. I read it for my book group for the category related to "a culture I'm unfamiliar with." Yes, indeed. This book is about Yeonmi Park's life in North Korea, subsequent escape into China where she was sold and forced to be the mistress of a human trafficker, and then finally made her escape to South Korea. Her life was beyond comprehension... all of it. While I can empathize with her struggles, I had a really hard tim ...more
Carol
Apr 06, 2022 rated it really liked it
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Iwik Pásková
Jan 19, 2016 marked it as to-read