The girl with seven names : escape from North Korea
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Author
Contributors
John, David, 1966- author.
Status
Forest Lakes Community Library - Biographies
B LEE, Hyeonseo
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Book
Physical Desc
xvi, 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
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 communist 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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lee, H., & John, D. (2016). The girl with seven names: escape from North Korea . William Collins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Hyeonseo and David John. 2016. The Girl With Seven Names: Escape From North Korea. William Collins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Hyeonseo and David John. The Girl With Seven Names: Escape From North Korea William Collins, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lee, Hyeonseo,, and David John. The Girl With Seven Names: Escape From North Korea William Collins, 2016.
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