When you’re in a state of semi-starvation and all your energy is absorbed in finding enough food for your family, how do you stand up against oppression and injustice? I’ve always had a fascination with the Cold War and Communism in general, and everything in this book correlates with many other books I’ve read, except for the fact that the 25 million people of the ‘Hermit Kingdom’ are effectively cut off completely from the rest of the world and are continually fed the lie that they live in a perfect socialist paradise. In Order to Live tells their incredible story of survival, suffering, and eventual freedom. Yeonmi Park was thirteen years old when she and her mother escaped from North Korea. In Order to Live is an astonishing story of endurance, courage, and love.
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