From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Tanya
Apr 24, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I know my spouse would never read this, but it is an important book as it captures in just a few hours of reading (or listening) time the modern day horrors of North Korea. We tend to think of North Korea as a nuclear weapons threat primarily and overlook or are ignorant of the internal problems that are inhumane - it's just not taught in the schools and yet this has been going on since the 1950s. While the details of this one man's struggle may not be entirely truthful, it underscores how the w ...more
Ruth
Mar 28, 2012 marked it as to-read
Daisy
Apr 30, 2012 marked it as to-read
Janet
Jul 19, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Abe
Aug 09, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Jen
Dec 04, 2012 marked it as to-read
Enthu_Kidlets
Apr 15, 2013 marked it as to-read
Kristen
Jul 09, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: non-fiction, have, memoirs
Janna
Sep 29, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: north-korea
SandyC
Nov 13, 2013 marked it as to-read
Marje
Dec 22, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Julie
Feb 17, 2014 rated it really liked it
Rachel
Mar 11, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jayme Pendergraft
May 21, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2014, src-spring-2014
Isabel
Nov 15, 2014 marked it as to-read
Tammy AZ
Nov 17, 2014 marked it as to-read
J
Apr 24, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
m
May 15, 2015 marked it as to-read
Shelves: books-read-2015
Kristin
Nov 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: north-korea
Patrick
Feb 16, 2017 marked it as to-read
Alan
Oct 31, 2017 marked it as to-read
Sam
Apr 21, 2018 marked it as to-read
Kimberly
Jan 19, 2019 marked it as to-read
Jade
Feb 04, 2019 rated it really liked it
Tiffany
Sep 04, 2019 marked it as to-read
Kara
Mar 26, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Alyssa Erickson
Nov 14, 2023 rated it really liked it
« previous 1