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Sungju Lee’s story is incredible and heartbreaking. His story starts with his childhood in the heart of North Korea and takes him all the way until his eventual escape. It’s amazing to read because everything that he writes happened and it’s not a survival story from the world wars. The events in this book happened in the late 1990s to the early 2000s. His journey is one that weaves in hope, love, and courage. Sungju’s loss of innocence is heartbreaking to take, and the moment when he personally has to experience a death of a loved one is so hard. I loved reading the epilogue where Sungju goes into what he did after escaping North Korea. His story is incredible afterwards.
