The Girl With Seven Names · a North Korean Defector’s Story by Lee, Hyeonseo -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PRAISE MAPS AUTHOR’S NOTE INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE Part One: The Greatest Nation on Earth

1. A train through the mountains 2. The city at the edge of the world 3. The eyes on the wall 4. The lady in black 5. The man beneath the bridge 6. The red shoes 7. Boomtown 8. The secret photograph 9. To be a good communist 10. ‘Rocky island’ 11. ‘The house is cursed’ 12. Tragedy at the bridge 13. Sunlight on dark water 14. ‘The great heart has stopped beating’ 15. Girlfriend of a hoodlum 16. ‘By the time you read this, the five of us will no longer exist in this world’ 17. The lights of Changbai 18. Over the ice

Part Two: To the Heart of the Dragon

19. A Visit to Mr Ahn 20. Home truths 21. The suitor 22. The wedding trap 23. Shenyang girl 24. Guilt call 25. The men from the South 26. Interrogation 27. The plan 28. The gang 29. The comfort of moonlight 30. The biggest, brashest city in Asia 31. Career woman 32. A connection to Hyesan 33. The teddy-bear conversations 34. The tormenting of Min-ho 35. The love shock 36. Destination Seoul

Part Three: Journey into Darkness

37. ‘Welcome to Korea’ 38. The women 39. House of Unity 40. The learning race 41. Waiting for 42. A place of ghosts and wild dogs 43. An impossible dilemma 44. Journey into night 45. Under a vast Asian sky 46. Lost in Laos 47. Whatever it takes 48. The kindness of strangers 49. Shuttle diplomacy 50. Long wait for freedom 51. A series of small miracles 52. ‘I am prepared to die’ 53. The beauty of a free mind

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