The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee, David John
$7.99
The Girl with Seven Names
- A North Korean Defector’s Story
- By: Hyeonseo Lee, David John
- Narrated by: Josie Dunn
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
Publisher's summary
New York Times best seller
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.
As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to the world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990s struck, she began to wonder, question and realise that she had been brainwashed her entire life. Given the repression, poverty and starvation she witnessed surely her country could not be, as she had been told, 'the best on the planet'?
Aged 17, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be 12 years before she was reunited with her family.
©2019 Hyeonseo Lee (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Phoenix K
Enthralling true story
This book held my attention throughout. There was an element of “what’s going to happen next” throughout! Danger, intrigue, was almost ever-present. I found myself thinking, “what would I do if in this circumstance?” I have so much admiration for the author, her keen mind, and heart. And there were miracles in this story, which I consider divine intervention and tender mercies of the Lord!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
3 people found this helpful