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In Order to Live
- A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
- Narrated by: Eji Kim
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die - from starvation or disease or even execution.
This book is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive country on Earth; her harrowing escape to South Korea through China's underworld of smugglers and human traffickers; and her emergence as a leading human rights activist - all before her 21st birthday.
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- A. Franklin
- 10-10-21
Such a Moving story
This was one of the most moving stories I've heard in a lot time.. Forget about you 1st world problems that Twitter users love to complain about.. This is a real life struggle for survival. The narrator was great and really did feel like it was Yeonmi telling the story herself. I would get home with it playing in the car and just sit there listening in the drive.
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- rbooler
- 16-02-21
in order to Live
amazing book couldn't put it down. True story that will stay with me for a long long time .Made me appreciate my freedom .Any problems I may have had dwell into insignificance .
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- ben bousquet
- 09-06-21
Heartwarming and Harrowing
A touching modern Odyssey of a fragile Oriental acorn who became a mighty oak of hope.
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- Deborah Howard
- 17-02-23
Fascinating, heartbreaking but also triumphant.
An incredible insight into life in North Korea. Terribly sad at times but also courageous and inspiring. The author tells the story of her journey so well. I felt I was there with her at times. Glad the is the reader. What an achievement in itself. No issues in understanding her English. I wish her and the family all the very best.
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- Maria Schwarz
- 20-06-23
Speed it up
The story itself is amazing, the reader not so much. However, I set the speed to x1.20 and the quality of the speaker increased 10-fold. Give it a try, it's worth it.
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- Rob Taylor
- 28-03-24
Incredible story
What an absolutely incredible story. Yoenmi Is such an incredibly brave person. With courage, perseverance and determination, she makes most of the world, realise how much and how lucky we are. Thank you for sharing your story.
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- Louisa
- 30-06-16
Excellent and fascinating
Among the biographies and non fictions audiobooks I have listened to this is one of the best although I did have some difficulty with the reader whose accent was rather pronounced. One does get used to the voice and then the story is quite gripping and very surprising. This young woman is ambitious and admirable and I would recommend the book to anybody who is interested in North Korea and the effects of extreme communism on the human psyche. My recommendation is don't be put off by the reader and if you persist you will learn much that is both surprising and appalling.
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- ultraviolet
- 03-07-16
An eye opening story
Truly an amazing story to listen too, 5 stars easily. It will have you hooked from the very beginning, it's shows the true joys and horrors of life. That some people have to go through on a daily basis. I love this book and will highly recommend it.
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- Andrea O.
- 28-02-16
Amazing
Incredible book- wonderfully narrated and something everyone should listen to- Yeonmi Park's story is truly inspirational.
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- Kindle Customer
- 18-03-21
This book should be mandatory reading in schools.
This book is incredible, and a window into the real world we ignore every day, and focus on new phones, reality TV and other pointless things.
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