Memoir
The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea
2016·320 pages
A gripping memoir of Hyeonseo Lee's escape from North Korea, detailing a harrowing journey to freedom.
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A gripping memoir of Hyeonseo Lee's escape from North Korea, detailing a harrowing journey to freedom.
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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 t...
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Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted. Sexual threats like human trafficking and forced marriage.
Violence & gore
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Moderate depictions of violence; references to prison camps and state brutality.
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Magic & witchcraft
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No occult or magical themes present.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Strong focus on North Korean regime; themes of oppression and human rights abuses.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Frequent focus on systemic suffering under dictatorship; starvation and cruelty. Sexual threats like human trafficking and forced marriage.
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