THE GIRL WITH SEVEN NAMES

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and se
cretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoi
d capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.As a child growing up in
North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by a secretive and brutal
communist regime. Her home on the border with China gave her some exposure to th
e world beyond the confines of the Hermit Kingdom and, as the famine of the 1990
s struck, she began to wonder, question and to realise that she had been brainwa
shed her entire life.