Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea Free Audiobook Download by Barbara Demick

Ordinary Lives in North Korea is an account of three generations of a single family living through the country's history. The book focuses on the lives of ordinary people from all walks of life, exploring their hopes and fears while they try to survive under North Korea's regime.

It is a book about what it's like to live in North Korea. It tells stories of people who live in North Korea and try to stay alive with the embargo, corruption, disease, starvation and lack of personal freedom that's been around for generations.

This book is based on interviews of three North Korean defectors. They talk about the lives they had before the famine and how it has shaped their lives since. The stories are heart-breaking and take you through the hardships of life in North Korea.

With her book, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick discusses the everyday lives of North Koreans and sheds light on how the dictatorship has affected their lives. To prove the point, Demick uses personal interviews with North Koreans that she conducted over the course of a year.

"Some of the things that one learns over time is how people's perceptions of their reality change." - North Korean narrator

This is the story of six families in North Korea who are each trying to find their own way out. Not just the average citizens, but the people in charge of running factories, schools, hospitals, and more. They have to navigate through a complex web of government officials and underground networks while also attempting to keep their families alive. The heartbreaking truths that occur within these pages are told with compassion and care while even managing to find some hope at the end.