We have to bear in mind here that I met the lovely, kind and humble lady herself before I read this.

However, her father has a great sense for business, and starts smuggling gold and such out of North Korea. Because while we are here, reading about fictional dystopian worlds, there are real human beings out there living in ones.

They need to control you through your emotions, making you a slave to the state by destroying your individuality, and your ability to react to situations based on your own experience of the world. It must be a sign that you’re doing something right that the Kim regime feels the need to spread malicious propaganda about you? Throughout her story, Yeonmi is honest and open about her experiences to the point where it almost feels cathartic. As someone who values adaptability and perseverance, I found Yeonmi's story to be a testament to the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Photograph: Beowulf Sheehan View image in fullscreen Yeonmi Park: ‘Until I started writing, I just shut my mind off. It's a truly remarkable story, but more than that, it shows a truly remarkable young woman who is resilient and hopeful even in the bleakest of moments. Honestly, I would have expected that by now some sort of boycott should have happened out of respect for actual rape victims, human traffic victims and oppressed people in general.I guess that's what they want,' she said,' to destroy every single thing and rebuild into a communist paradise. With a few notable exceptions, the men in your story are monsters, exploiting women for gain or pleasure. Yeonmi wrote this book with the purpose that more people will listen to her story and know the reality that resides in North Korea even though this means putting her life in danger as she's now being branded as a public enemy to the whole country where she's born. If someone really wants to read about the actual experiences of a female North Korean defector I would recommend the book The Girl With Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee. This seems to be no fault on the governments side, as they provide education and money to help ease the pressures, but rather just a general ignorance to the plight of defectors.