The Hard Road Out One Womans Escape From North Korea Jihyun Park by Jihyun Park, Seh-lynn Chai, Sarah Baldwin-beneich (translation) 9780008541408, 000854140X instant download after payment.

The harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine & terror in North Korea, not once but twice. 
'A gripping, suspenseful & cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain & perseverance & makes the moral case for asylum.' David Lammy MP
North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men & women have succeeded. Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the 'socialist miracle' to flee famine & dictatorship. By the age of 29 she had already witnessed a lifetime of suffering. Family members had died of starvation; her brother was beaten nearly to death by soldiers. Even smiling & laughing was discouraged.
The first time she ran, she was forced abandon her father on his deathbed - crossing the border under a hail of bullets. In China she was sold to a farmer, with whom she had a son, before being denounced & forcibly returned to North Korea. 6 months later guards abandoned her, injured, outside a prison camp. She recovered & returned China to seek her son, now six, before attempting to navigate the long, hard road through the Gobi Desert & into Mongolia.
Clear-eyed & resolute, Jihyun's extraordinary story reveals a Korea far removed from the talk of nuclear weapons & economic sanctions. She remains sanguine despite the hardship. Recalling life's tiny pleasures even at her darkest moments, she manages to instill her tale with incredible grace & humanity. Beautifully written with South Korean compatriot Seh-lynn Chai, this compelling book offers a stark lesson in determination, & ultimately in the importance of asylum.
Jihyun Park was born in Chongjin, N. Korea, in 1968. She experienced acute poverty, famine, illness, & intimidation. She first escaped at the age of 29. After her 2nd escape from North Korea, with the help of the UN, she was granted asylum seeker status in 2008 & moved to Bury, Greater Manchester,...