About the Author:
EUNA LEE is a film editor for Current TV, a cable network cofounded by former vice president Al Gore. As an editor, she has worked on humanitarian stories such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India, American troops in Iraq, the U.S. war on drugs in Bolivia, and parolees in the United States. She was working as a producer on a documentary about North Korean defectors when she was arrested and detained in North Korea. She earned a motion pictures and television degree at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and she lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Michael, and daughter, Hana.
From Booklist:
Current TV film editor Lee was captured along with colleague Laura Ling when their crew—documenting defections from North Korea—very briefly crossed the border between China and North Korea. Lee, of South Korean descent, had been particularly affected by the stories they documented of travelers on an underground railroad from the oppressive regime, including women forced into sexual slavery. Her captors used her heritage in their psychological campaign to induce guilt and drive a wedge between her and Ling during five months of detention that culminated in confessions, a trial, and sentencing to 12 years in a labor camp. Lee recalls the harsh conditions of detention and her reliance on her Christian faith and her longing for her family—particularly her young daughter—for survival. Following their release after diplomatic efforts led by former president Clinton, Lee continued to struggle with regrets about the forced confession and revealing sources, possibly hurting people they’d intended to help. This is a heartrending story of serious challenges to a journalist’s credo and a woman’s test of faith and endurance. --Vanessa Bush
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