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NATIONAL BESTSELLER The North Korean defector, human rights
advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the
alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian
tendencies tearing America apart. After defecting from North Korea,
Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also
found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that
reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape.
When she spoke out about the mass political indoctrination she saw
around her in the United States, Park faced censorship and even
death threats. In While Time Remains, Park highlights the dangerous
hypocrisies, mob tactics, and authoritarian tendencies that speak
in the name of wokeness and social justice. No one is spared in her
eye-opening account, including the elites who claim to care for the
poor and working classes but turn their backs on anyone who dares
to think independently. Park arrived in America eight years ago
with no preconceptions, no political aims, and no partisan agenda.
With urgency and unique insight, the bestselling author and human
rights activist reminds us of the fragility of freedom, and what we
must do to preserve it.
'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea,
and that I escaped from North Korea.' Yeonmi Park was not dreaming
of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know
what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for
her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die -
from starvation, or disease, or even execution. This book is the
story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest, most repressive
country on earth; her harrowing escape through China's underworld
of smugglers and human traffickers; and then her escape from China
across the Gobi desert to Mongolia, with only the stars to guide
her way, and from there to South Korea and at last to freedom; and
finally her emergence as a leading human rights activist - all
before her 21st birthday. 'Clear-eyed and devastating' Observer
"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 "Park's remarkable and inspiring story
shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond
comprehension. Park's important memoir showcases the strength of
the human spirit and one young woman's incredible determination to
never be hungry again." -Publishers Weekly 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.
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