Status
Available
Publication
W. W. Norton & Company (2015), Edition: 1, 288 pages
Description
Born in 1970s North Korea, Lucia Jang grew up in a typical household - her parents worked in the factories and the family scraped by on rations. Nightly, she bowed to her photo of Kim Il-Sung. It was the beginning of a chaotic period with a decade-long famine. Jang married an abusive man who sold their baby. She left him and went home to help her family by illegally crossing the river to China to trade goods. She was caught and imprisoned twice. After giving birth to a second child, which the government ordered to be killed, she escaped with him, fleeing under gunfire across the Chinese border. This demonstration of love and courage reflects the range of experiences many North Korean women have endured.
User reviews
LibraryThing member steve02476
Horrific but interesting story of a young woman who grew up in North Korea near the border with China. She eventually leaves NK and China and told the story to a translator in Canada.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2014
Physical description
288 p.; 6.5 inches
ISBN
0393249220 / 9780393249224
Local notes
autobiography