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A review by arjohnson5623
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee
5.0
"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."
Terrifying is an astonishing understatement. Ms. Lee's courage and dedication to her family over a decade of struggle and fear left me speechless, and shaken. I know it is a very complicated issue, and not one that I could speak on with any manner of expertise, but I hope that her prediction of a unified Korean peninsula, where people are not faced with the dichotomy of being indoctrinated into the Kim cult or left to rot and die in a gulag, will come true.
I highly, highly recommend this book to anyone interested in human rights issues and learning more about North Korea from such a unique perspective.
Terrifying is an astonishing understatement. Ms. Lee's courage and dedication to her family over a decade of struggle and fear left me speechless, and shaken. I know it is a very complicated issue, and not one that I could speak on with any manner of expertise, but I hope that her prediction of a unified Korean peninsula, where people are not faced with the dichotomy of being indoctrinated into the Kim cult or left to rot and die in a gulag, will come true.
I highly, highly recommend this book to anyone interested in human rights issues and learning more about North Korea from such a unique perspective.