This was quite an education for me about North Korean prison camps, and the country that runs them. I recommend this CD. FYI to the prospective listener, little of the story is about the "odyssey from" the camp. Most of the story is about life within the camp. It is the camps themselves (and their host country) which are the purpose of the story telling.

posted Nov 17, 2012 at 9:37AM

This book is worth reading and will likely shock you that modern day concentration camps exist and are quite prevalent in North Korea. I had no idea. The author tells a captivating story that is hard to put down about the only known North Korean born and raised in one of these camps who manages to escape. The story of his life is not sugar-coated, but is even more powerful by the raw honesty of what he needed to do to survive. I highly recommend this book and give it an A.

posted Nov 25, 2012 at 5:15PM

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