The Girl with Seven Names

This memoir tells the extraordinary story of a female defector from North Korea. Hyeonseo Lee's tale, which has over 10 million views on her TED Talk, involves sacrifice, survival and extraordinary courage. After growing up under the secretive and brutal communist regime created by the Kim dynasty, Hyeonseo began to question her country's propaganda. At 17, she fled from her privileged family background, risking imprisonment, torture and public execution if caught. This touching memoir is not only about her escape from darkness to light, but about rebuilding her life twice - first in China, then in South Korea. Against all odds, she returned to the North Korean border to rescue her mother and brother. Her courage, bravery and eloquence make this a triumph of the human spirit.