In Order To LiveThe incredible autobiography of Yeonmi Park a North Korean defector who escaped across the Gobi desert and is now a leading spokesperson for human rights at just 24 years old Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die from starvation, or disease, or even execution.