from LynnB

What struck me most about this story is not the major acts of bravery or the astounding instances of luck, but how leaving North Korea presented more personal challenges. It is hard to live with freedom when it is something you never had; making choices and taking responsibility for those choices...

from ajarn7086

The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee is an inspiring story of courage and bravery as one woman struggles to keep her family together after separation that included varying periods of incarceration for each of the three-member family. It is an incredible (as in hard to believe) story but if a...

from Katyefk

Amazing true story of a young woman who escaped from North Korea in 1997. I could not put it down as the situations she went into and had to survive were beyond any that I've heard of. Our life is so different from hers and seeing how she came to terms with the intense programming of her native c...

from KatherineGregg

This is a fascinating true story of how 17 year old Hysonseo Lee defects from North Korea in the 1990s. For twelve years Lee struggles to hide her identity for fear that she will be deported back to North Korea. Her journey takes her to China and eventually to South Korea. Ultimately, after facin...

from Kristelh

Another story of North Korea which is adding to information about this little known country. The story is quite extraordinary. She kind of just slipped away. A young girl she already was strong and aware and was able to survive. Read for bookclub, March 2021.