Maryanne Voller's In Order To Live

In the autobiography, In Order to Live, Maryanne Vollers helps Yeonmi Park tell her captivating story of how she risked her life to escape North Korea. When she was just 13 years old, Yeonmi and her mother, Keum, crossed a river that took them to China. Yeonmi’s sister, Eunmi, had traveled to China a few days before, and they hoped to find her once they arrived in China. Unfortunately, they had to leave Yeonmi’s father, Park, back in North Korea due to his untreated cancer. In this inspiring book, I learned the important lessons of how important family is and that true love is the most selfless emotion of all. When they were very young, Yeonmi and her sister had to learn how to live on their own. Their parents were constantly traveling in order to make money. Even though it seemed as if the girls were abandoned, their parents would go on risky journeys so that they could feed their little girls. Yeonmi and Eunmi knew that their parents would return every time they left. Both girls went through near death experiences without …show more content…
Even though it meant not going with her family, she knew she could not refuse the offer. When Yeonmi and her parents found out she left, they were worried but they knew it was best for her (cd-cx). Yeonmi and her mother were also given the chance to travel to China soon after. They had to go right away and did not have time to tell Park that they were leaving. As hard as it was for them, they had no choice. When his wife and youngest daughter did not return home after a few days, Park knew they had escaped to China (cx). He knew he would never get to see them ever again. His illness restricted him (s). He could not follow them across the border. Because Park truly loved them, he had to let them go. This was their only opportunity of having freedom, even if it meant he would be alone for the rest of his life. This was the most selfless thing anyone could have ever