HYEONSEO LEE- The Girl with Seven Names

 

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Hyeonseo Lee escaped from North Korea into China  when she was just 17- except she didn’t realise she couldn’t go back and that it would  be years before she saw her family again. Her story is a roller coaster of joys and  terror and   is a testament to her immense survival skills. She preferred not to read for Narratives as she feared her English reading skills would let her down, so instead she relates the importance of her opening chapter to illustrate to western ears just what living in the regime meant on a daily basis. Her memoir is a real life thriller.

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Interview

Recorded at the Byron writers Festival 2018