How I Became a North Korean, (Paperback)

from scottcholstad

I should have appreciated this book, but I had the misfortune of attempting to read this right after finishing the excellent nonfiction work, “The Girl With Seven Names,” a true life account of a young woman's escape from North Korea, first to China and later to South Korea. It's a harrowing stor...

from scottcholstad

I should have appreciated this book, but I had the misfortune of attempting to read this right after finishing the excellent nonfiction work, "The Girl With Seven Names," a true life account of a young woman's escape from North Korea, first to China and later to South Korea. It's a harrowing stor...

from scottcholstad

I should have appreciated this book, but I had the misfortune of attempting to read this right after finishing the excellent nonfiction work, "The Girl With Seven Names," a true life account of a young woman's escape from North Korea, first to China and later to South Korea. It's a harrowing stor...

from starbox

"China's the worst part-everyone says that. We will get out. We will." By sally tarbox on 11 November 2017 Format: Kindle Edition A very well-written and exciting account of three young people who come together in China, just over the border from N Korea. There's Yongju, an academic boy from a hi...

from gayla.bassham

Granted this fed my North Korea obsession, but I found it a supremely satisfying read. It alternates between three characters who tell their own stories -- all three have distinct voices and don't blend into each other as sometimes happen in books with rotating viewpoints. A slim but powerful read.