In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman’s Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family by Helie Lee + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]
10 May, by in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Korean, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, North Korean, Repost
The Making of a Hero
Helie Lee's Rescue Mission
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