{"product_id":"9780008541446","title":"The Hard Road Out : One Woman's Escape from North Korea","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe harrowing story of a woman who escaped famine and terror in North Korea, not once but twice.                         �_~A gripping, suspenseful and cathartic memoir that tells a story of pain and perseverance and makes the moral case for asylum.�_T David Lammy MP                                North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded.                       Jihyun Park is one of these rare survivors. Twice she left the land of the �_~socialist miracle�_T to flee famine and dictatorship.             By the age of 29 she had already witnessed a lifetime of suffering. Family members had died of starvation; her brother was beaten nearly to death by soldiers. Even smiling and laughing was discouraged.             The first time she ran, she was forced abandon her father on his deathbed �_\" crossing the border under a hail of bullets. In China she was sold to a farmer, with whom she had a son, before being denounced and forcibly returned to North Korea.             Six months later guards abandoned her, injured, outside a prison camp. She recovered and returned China to seek her son, now six, before attempting to navigate the long, hard road through the Gobi Desert and into Mongolia.             Clear-eyed and resolute, Jihyun�_Ts extraordinary story reveals a Korea far removed from the talk of nuclear weapons and economic sanctions. She remains sanguine despite the hardship. Recalling life�_Ts tiny pleasures even at her darkest moments, she manages to instill her tale with incredible grace and humanity.             Beautifully written with South Korean compatriot Seh-lynn Chai, this compelling book offers a stark lesson in determination, and ultimately in the importance of asylum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45460634370269,"sku":"9780008541446","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9780008541446.jpg?v=1720016131","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008541446","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}