Yeonmi Park's In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

In Order to Live,Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea—and to freedom.

Park confronts her past with a startling resilience. In spite of everything, she has never stopped being proud of where she is from, and never stopped striving for a better life. Indeed, today she is a human rights activist working determinedly to bring attention to the oppression taking place in her home country. Park’s testimony is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable.

This book is hands down one of my all time favorites. Breathtaking and heartbreaking, I personally think everyone should read this book as it gives you a new sense of appreciation for your life, your country and the blessing you have, that other's in other countries dream of having.  February 2nd, 2022