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

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

Yeonmi Park

273 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
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'On the cold, black night of 31 March 2007, my mother and I scrambled down the steep, rocky bank of the frozen Yalu River that divides North Korea and China. There were patrols above us and below...'This is the incredible, true story of thirteen-y...

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emotional 80%
sad 68%
inspiring 64%
dark 61%
informative 61%
challenging 45%
reflective 40%
tense 36%
hopeful 34%
adventurous 9%

Pace

medium 63%
fast 29%
slow 6%

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