In Order to Live
A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
Ranked #3 in Korean, Ranked #3 in North Korea — see more rankings.
Human rights activist Park, who fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal, recognized that in order to be "completely free," she had to confront the truth of her past. It is an ugly, shameful story of being sold with her mother into slave marriages by Chinese brokers, and although she at first tried to hide the painful details when blending into South Korean society, she realized how her survival story could inspire others. Moreover, her sister had also escaped earlier and had vanished into China for... more
Rankings by Category
In Order to Live is ranked in the following categories:
- #71 in Communism
- #65 in Human Rights
- #4 in Korean History
- #49 in Korean War
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