In the Absence of SunBy Helie Lee2002, 342 pages, Hardback. |
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"An eerie fear crawled through my flesh as I stood on the Chinese side of the
Yalu River, gazing across the murky water into one of the most closed-off and
isolated countries in the world. I couldn't believe it. Even as my boots sank
into the doughy mud, I had trouble coming to terms with the fact that I was
actually standing there....I was not prepared for the kind of despair and insane
fear I felt that day. My wizened old uncle looked nothing like the sweet-faced
teenager in the faded photograph that Halmoni kept pressed between the pages of
her Bible. That day, at the Yalu River, staring helplessly into his terrorized
face, I hadn't fully realized what a dangerous thing I had done the year before.
I had placed him and his family in danger. By including details of my uncle's
life in a book, I had alerted North Korea's enigmatic leadership to the identity
of my relatives in a nation where it was better to remain invisible."
"In the Absence of Sun is an amazing real-life family story that reads
like a thriller. Helie Lee has shown incredible personal bravery in both taking
responsibility for the cost her previous book took on her family left behind in
North Korea and then in what she did to help get them out. She says she was never
afraid. I was afraid for her."
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Helie Lee grew up in Los Angeles, where she now
lives near her family. She lectures nationwide.
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Comments from Back Cover
-Lisa See, author of On Gold Mountain
Background on Helie Lee
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