The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea

The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea is the incredible true story of one woman's daring escape from the oppressive regime of North Korea. Growing up on the border with China, she was exposed to the outside world and began to question the lies she had been told her entire life. As the devastating famine of the 1990s hit, she knew she had to take action and risk everything to escape the Hermit Kingdom. This is an inspiring story of courage and resilience in the face of unimaginable hardship.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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 to 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 seventeen, she decided to escape North Korea. She could not have imagined that it would be twelve years before she was reunited with her family. show more