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Greenlight to freedom : a North Korean daughter's search for her mother and herself
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Title
Greenlight to freedom : a North Korean daughter's search for her mother and herself / Songmi Han ; Casey Lartigue Jr.
ISBN
9798498999432
Publication
Seoul : FSI Publishing, 2022.
Copyright Notice Date
©2022
Physical Description
282 pages ; 23 cm
Notes
Text in English.
Summary
What does the word "lucky" mean to you? This true story of a girl's harrowing escape from North Korea, will cause you to re-examine the meaning of the word luck. Despite enduring abuse, starvation, homelessness, surveillance, and endless hardships, Songmi feels lucky and grateful to have escaped from North Korea. She shares her account of growing up in North Korea and the series of events that led to her escape across North Korea's border. Within her story she learns to heal, find forgiveness and appreciation, and ultimately discover her own voice. At last, she finds her true luck, being reunited with the greenlight of her life.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 27, 2023
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Preface
Part I
North Korea
Scary father
Home, sweet...BARN
Losing her voice and smile
Mom left
Looking for mom
Homeless
"Don't even trust your back"
Sir
Gone fishing
Mom's gone, again
Food in the picture
Stealing
Mice and eggs
Starving uncle
Public executions & self-criticism
Part II
Escape
A broker visits
Awakening
Freedom moment
Escape from North Korea
I'm a lucky woman
How do we get arrested?
Every day was a war
Part III
South Korea
One out of 2,706
Hanawon
South Korea
Canada, the country of freedom
Counseling : Finding myself at last
Afterword
Acknowledgments
About the authors.
Subjects
Genre/Form
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
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