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A thousand miles to freedom : my escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim [Kim, Eunsun] is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A thousand miles to freedom : my escape from North Korea about?
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. Before finally reaching South Korea and freedom, Eunsun and her family would live homeless, fall into the hands of Chinese human traffickers, survive a North Korean labor camp, and cross the deserts of Mongolia on foot.Now, Eunsun is sharing her remarkable story to give voice to the tens of millions of North Koreans still suffering in silence. Told with grace and...
Who reads A thousand miles to freedom : my escape from North Korea?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Eunsun Kim [Kim, Eunsun]
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781466870888
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, Memoir, Political Science
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (26 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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