The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

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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 totalitarian 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.She could not return, since rumours 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 Hyeonseo instead remained in China and rapidly learned Chinese in an effort to adapt and survive Twelve years and two lifetimes later, she would return to the North Korean border in a daring mission to spirit her mother and brother to South Korea, on one of the most arduous, costly and dangerous journeys imaginable.This is the unique story not only of Hyeonseo s escape from the darkness into the light, but also of her coming of age, education and the resolve she found to rebuild her life not once, but twice first in China, then in South Korea Strong, brave and eloquent, this memoir is a triumph of her remarkable spirit. New Download [ The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story ] Author [ Hyeonseo Lee ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Thanks to everyone who voted in the 2015 GoodreadsChoice Awards Of course, I was hoping to win, but I m still honored that I came in 4th place out of many good books Wow I never thought my memoir would make it to the FINAL round of the 2015 GoodreadsChoice Award Only ten books are left Thank you so much to everyone who has read my book and supported me A huge honor The Girl With Seven Names is nominated for a GoodreadsChoice Award for Best Thanks t... In North Korea the only laws that truly matter, and for which extreme penalties are imposed if they are broken, touch on loyalty to the Kim dynasty. Stunning Absolutely stunning Hyeonseo Lee grew up as a loyal and happy citizen of North Korea the greatest country on earth.Lee grew up believing that her leaders were gods that they can be in two places at once, that stars appeared in the sky when they were born, that they single handedly led their people to victory.Sure, food was a In North Korea the only laws that truly matter, and for which extreme penalties are imposed if they are broken, touch on loyalty to the Kim dynasty. Stunning Absolutely stunning Hyeonseo Lee grew up as a loyal and happy citizen of North Korea the greatest country on earth.Lee grew up believing that her leaders were gods that they can be in two places at once, that stars appeared in the sky when they were born, that they single handedly led their people to victory.Sure, food was a bit scarce and there was always the danger of informers, but westerners were starving in the streets and US soldiers used South Korean children as target practice.The older she grew, thethose beliefs began to crash around her One of the tragedies of North Korea is that everyone wears a mask, which they let slip at their peril. Thanks to her mother s smuggling business, Lee was exposed to Chinese goods, fashion and Korean music All these things weredeeply puzzling if North Korea was the g...Full Disclosure I am a South Korean and I have encountered with a number of readings, TED talks, Youtube videos on life in North Korea, testimonies of North Korean defectors on horrific lives in our neighbor country However, I found this book intriguing, unique and inspiring What Hyeonseo offers in this book is quite different from other N.Korean defector s story She s from a family with high class, had a relatively comfortable life to North Korean standard, and did not leave her country and Full Disclosure I am a South Korean and I have encountered with a number of readings, TED talks, Youtube videos on life in North Korea, testimonies of North Korean defectors on horrific lives in our neighbor country However, I found this book intriguing, unique and inspiring What Hyeonseo offers in this book is quite different from other N.Korean defector s story She s from a family with high class, had a relatively comfortable life to North Korean standard, and did not leave her country and family with the intention of never going back and in search for freedom It is the realities of the ...By the time she turned 29, Hyeonseo Lee had spent a decade living on the run and in hiding She had escaped a brothel, survived a kidnapping, run away from a loveless engagement, and changed her name four times She was attacked on the street, robbed, conned, and arrestedthan once.She is one of the lucky ones.Hyeonseo Lee was born in North Korea under a different name, to a family with good songbun NK s caste system But even being one of the lucky ones in North Korea means that Lee By the time she turned 29, Hyeonseo Lee had spent a decade living on the run and in hiding She had escaped a brothel, survived a kidnapping, run away from a loveless engagement, and changed her name four times She was attacked on the street, robbed, conned, and arrestedthan once.She is one of the lucky ones.Hyeonseo Lee was born in North Korea under a different name, to a family with good songbun NK s caste system But even being one of the lucky ones in North Korea means that Lee witnessed her first public execution at seven years old Like all citizens, starting in elementary school, she was forced to partake in weekly tattletale sessions, where one has to confess to a crime or accuse some...What an interesting story and its so hard to believe that in this day and age that a whole nation of 25.5 Million people could be so cut off from the rest of the world and its leader could controll and dictate everything about peoples lives from birth to death.I had read a couple of books on North Korea over the years and came across The Girl with Seven Names A North Korean Defector s Story and another book which I felt were both worth reading.This book is easy to read and Hyeonseo Lee is What an interesting story and its so hard to believe that in this day and age...I did enjoy this but I also feel like she made a lot of really incredibly dumb choices that really made no sense For example she stayed with relatives in China for 2 whole years and didn t think of maybe using that time to get a job to save money, or to learn a vocation Then she runs away penniless on the spur of the moment and has no plan of what to do You had 2 years to think about it and relied on the kindness of distant relatives to support you, but you didn t think ahead of what to I did enjoy this but I also feel like she made a lot of really incredibly dumb choices that really made no sense For example she stayed with relatives in China for 2 whole years and didn t think of maybe using that time to get a job to save money, or to learn a vocation Then she runs away penniless ...If you re like me and haven t read much about past and present living conditions in Northern Korea , you ll learn a lot here.This simply written book follows the courageous journey of a 17 year old girl who will need to change her name seven times after she defects from North Korea and reinvents her li...I listened to this remarkable story, read by Josie Dunn and published by HarperCollins Publishers UK, with a degree of disbelief Certain parts of the story agree with what I d learned already about the lives of North Koreans, the general trend of their escapes, and their orientation in South Korea as refugees The author was young, seventeen, when she decided to cross the frozen Yalu in winter and go see her relatives in Shenyang, China She d had no idea where Shenyang was that I actually I listened to this remarkable story, read by Josie Dunn and published by HarperCollins Publishers UK, with a degree of disbelief Certain parts of the story agree with what I d learned alread...once again this book has made me realise how privileged and fortunate i am it s dealt no less of a hard blow to my heart and i m really a mess now her autobiography was wild and moving and heartbreaking and my entire worldview has been altered in the course of a few hours.i ll write ...A riveting tale I won t forget Even though she and her family live in relative comfort by North Korean standards owing to her father s military career, Hyeonseo s curiosity drives her to take the risk of crossing the river to China alone to get a taste of the outside world Once she has left her country, however, it becomes clear that her life w...

The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
  • English
  • 04 August 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 304 pages
  • 0007554834
  • Hyeonseo Lee
  • The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story