In Order to Live

On the cold, black night of 31 March 2007, my mother and I scrambled down the steep, rocky bank of the frozen Yalu River that divides North Korea and China. there were patrols above us and below . . . ' This is the incredible, true story of thirteen-year-old Yeonmi Park, who risked her life when she and her family fled North Korea. Revealing what it was like to live under a brutally repressive regime, which starved and terrorized its people, Yeonmi tells of her family's courageous decision to escape and of the extraordinary, heartbreaking journey that followed, culminating in a daring night-time trek across the Gobi Desert to freedom. It is a story of astonishing endurance - both physical and mental - which has already inspired people all around the world