A thousand miles to freedom [eAudiobook - hoopla] : my escape from North Korea

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A thousand miles to freedom my escape from North Korea

(2015)

By: Kim, Ŭn-ju, 1986-

Nonfiction

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Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED

[United States] : Tantor Audio : Made available through hoopla, 2015

EDITION

Unabridged

DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 33 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN

9781494527716 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11396039, 1494527715 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11396039

LANGUAGE

English

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Read by Emily Woo Zeller

Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated. By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun too was in danger of starving. Finally, her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister, not knowing that they were embarking on a journey that would take them nine long years to complete. Told with grace and courage, her memoir is a riveting expos

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