‘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, culmination 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.