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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...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn 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...

Põhja-Koreas üles kasvanud lapsena oli Hyeonseo Lee üks miljonitest salatseva ja jõhkra kommunistliku režiimi kätte lõksu langenud inimestest. Tema kodu Hiina piiri ääres andis talle veidi aimu maailmast, mis jäi Erakliku Kuningriigi vanglapiiridest välja. Kui 1990. aastatel tabas maad näljahäda, hakkas ta kahtlema, küsimusi esitama ja taipama, et teda on terve elu ajupestud. Võttes arvesse repressioone, vaesust ja nälga, mille tunnistajaks ta oli, ei saanud tema kodumaa kindlasti olla „parim...