--- product_id: 33801515 title: "In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom" price: "685559₫" currency: VND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vn/products/33801515-in-order-to-live-a-north-korean-girls-journey-to store_origin: VN region: Vietnam --- # In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom **Price:** 685559₫ **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - **How much does it cost?** 685559₫ with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vn](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/33801515-in-order-to-live-a-north-korean-girls-journey-to) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description “I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.” — Yeonmi Park “One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard—and one of the most inspiring.” — The Bookseller In In Order to Live, Yeonmi Park shines a light not just into the darkest corners of life in North Korea, describing the deprivation and deception she endured and which millions of North Korean people continue to endure to this day, but also onto her own most painful and difficult memories. She tells with bravery and dignity for the first time the story of how she and her mother were betrayed and sold into sexual slavery in China and forced to suffer terrible psychological and physical hardship before they finally made their way to Seoul, South Korea—and to freedom. Park confronts her past with a startling resilience. In spite of everything, she has never stopped being proud of where she is from, and never stopped striving for a better life. Indeed, today she is a human rights activist working determinedly to bring attention to the oppression taking place in her home country. Park’s testimony is heartbreaking and unimaginable, but never without hope. This is the human spirit at its most indomitable. Review: Terrifically and poignantly written - This was a dynamite read, though sometimes it was difficult, getting my head wrapped around a regime that allows its people to suffer and starve. Park decided to write the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and it has lent a great deal of power to the message that the North Korean government it a cruel and brutal machine, bent on breaking the backs of the very people keeping it afloat. I applaud Park--and she's a clear and terrific writer, too. As part of a family who once had risen in approval by the Kims, Park sees her father fall into disgrace, when he's arrested for his participation in the Black Market--a necessary, but illegal operation taking place daily in North Korea. When living alone with her mother and sister, Park is forced to live with relatives who dislike her family, due to her father's "behavior". When winter is too cold and food is scarce, Park's mother and sister agree it's time to flee to China. First, Eonmi, the sister, disappears and nothing more is heard of her. Desperate to locate her, Park and her mother set out, assured by their escape guides that they'll have work and a living waiting for them on the other side of the river. However, the "work" is nothing but grim human trafficking, and Park becomes enslaved as a mistress--at age THIRTEEN. When things in China become unbearable, she and her mother resort to yet another attempt at escaping; this time to South Korea, via the Gobi Desert. Successful, they must be debriefed in camps, set up to assist them in learning how to live in a free society. Park's tale is both poignant and masterfully organized. I highly recommend this book. It's informative and should remind everyone never to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy. Review: a story of courage, survival, family love - I wonder from time to time I wonder if I would survive in a hostile environment with no support from anyone and no resources except what I could manufacture for myself. The author of this book and her mother were made of steel. They survived physical and emotional adversaries, such as I could not ever imagine. But they are only two people among the millions of others who are suffering also. Even when they reached their promised land of South Korea, they were not always welcomed with joy and respect. I think about the many people in refugee camps. The Somalians, who have suffered through horrible famine and oppression. The people of South Sudan. Most of all reading a book like this makes me feel like trying harder to help and yet feeling quite helpless in the face of all this misery. And yet if you look at the photos at the end of this narrative, you see how people find joy and happiness somewhere. They find community. The photos actually were taken during the time when her father was prospering, but even when they were starving and everything was going so wrong for the family, they found happiness in their love for each other. This is a book well worth reading. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #3,101 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1 in North Korean History #7 in Women in History #42 in Memoirs (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 30,863 Reviews | ## Images ![In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81-EP50zLrL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Terrifically and poignantly written *by T***T on April 23, 2024* This was a dynamite read, though sometimes it was difficult, getting my head wrapped around a regime that allows its people to suffer and starve. Park decided to write the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and it has lent a great deal of power to the message that the North Korean government it a cruel and brutal machine, bent on breaking the backs of the very people keeping it afloat. I applaud Park--and she's a clear and terrific writer, too. As part of a family who once had risen in approval by the Kims, Park sees her father fall into disgrace, when he's arrested for his participation in the Black Market--a necessary, but illegal operation taking place daily in North Korea. When living alone with her mother and sister, Park is forced to live with relatives who dislike her family, due to her father's "behavior". When winter is too cold and food is scarce, Park's mother and sister agree it's time to flee to China. First, Eonmi, the sister, disappears and nothing more is heard of her. Desperate to locate her, Park and her mother set out, assured by their escape guides that they'll have work and a living waiting for them on the other side of the river. However, the "work" is nothing but grim human trafficking, and Park becomes enslaved as a mistress--at age THIRTEEN. When things in China become unbearable, she and her mother resort to yet another attempt at escaping; this time to South Korea, via the Gobi Desert. Successful, they must be debriefed in camps, set up to assist them in learning how to live in a free society. Park's tale is both poignant and masterfully organized. I highly recommend this book. It's informative and should remind everyone never to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a story of courage, survival, family love *by A***R on October 19, 2025* I wonder from time to time I wonder if I would survive in a hostile environment with no support from anyone and no resources except what I could manufacture for myself. The author of this book and her mother were made of steel. They survived physical and emotional adversaries, such as I could not ever imagine. But they are only two people among the millions of others who are suffering also. Even when they reached their promised land of South Korea, they were not always welcomed with joy and respect. I think about the many people in refugee camps. The Somalians, who have suffered through horrible famine and oppression. The people of South Sudan. Most of all reading a book like this makes me feel like trying harder to help and yet feeling quite helpless in the face of all this misery. And yet if you look at the photos at the end of this narrative, you see how people find joy and happiness somewhere. They find community. The photos actually were taken during the time when her father was prospering, but even when they were starving and everything was going so wrong for the family, they found happiness in their love for each other. This is a book well worth reading. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An important view of the North Korean regime *by B***S on February 15, 2024* This is a personal memoir of the author’s journey to freedom. It begins by recounting her early life under tyrannical rule in North Korea, providing one of the most personal and depressing portraits of life under that regime I’ve ever read. Presumably other readers will be as shocked and horrified as I was to learn about activities we would find unthinkable but North Koreans are forced to accept as just a part of daily life. Even linguistic repressions are in equal parts fascinating and terrifying. But the book then goes on to describe the author’s escape from that hell on earth at the of only thirteen years (and at the weight of only sixty pounds!). Unfortunately the journey through hell wasn’t over as she’d escaped one hell directly into the hands of human traffickers in China. It was only after a period of more years, fully detailed in these pages, that she eventually made her way to freedom first in South Korea and eventually in the United States. Though the book is undeniably a fascinating and harrowing read, some have raised questions of its accuracy, and I think that’s an issue that should be addressed. This book is not a work of academic scholarship, but a personal memoir, and should be read as such. Minor errors of fact and slight inconsistencies do exist, as the book’s coauthor freely acknowledges and attributes to the author’s imperfect recollection of childhood memories and (at the time of the book’s publication) relatively weak English. If you’re planning to use the book for academic purposes, claims should be verified against independent sources, but if you’re reading the book to get a personal look into the life of one North Korean defector, you’ll find the book both useful and accurate on all points where it counts. With regard to more aggressive critics who try to call the entire story into question, coauthor Maryanne Vollers attributes those claims to an organized effort by the North Korean regime to discredit her claims. Regardless of what one thinks of the accuracy of some of the book’s claims—and I am not expert enough to validate every line of the book—it’s undoubtedly one of the most important books I’ve read in a long time because it provides a portrait of a country into which most of us have few opportunities to peer and helps us to understand not only abstractly or academically but personally what it’s like to live under the kind of repressive regime most of us are fortunate enough to have never individually witnessed. ## Frequently Bought Together - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America - The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vn/products/33801515-in-order-to-live-a-north-korean-girls-journey-to](https://www.desertcart.vn/products/33801515-in-order-to-live-a-north-korean-girls-journey-to) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vietnam* *Store origin: VN* *Last updated: 2026-06-04*