Heather G. (flyheatherfly) reviewed on 12/7/2012 + 20 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

This is a quietly astounding book. The author tells of life in North Korea through the eyes of six people from the same area who defected to South Korea. Life there is unimaginable, perhaps due not to communism itself, but how it was 'doled out' by The Kim 'dynasty'. Hereditary communism .....is something that causes suffering for all but the elite.

The six people interviewed were from different socio economic groups, as well as raised in different levels of belief and support in and of the regime. It takes some longer than others to realize the situation they are in. The stories told during the famine will make you cry, it is almost incomprehensible that so many people suffered in this day and age .

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