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The Girl with Seven Names: Escape from North Korea Cyril Wong Alchemy explains whyWith this memoir, Hyeonseo Lee becomes one of the first female defectors from North Korea to share her story. As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped by the secretive and brutal communist regime created by dictator Kim Il Sung and his successors (son Kim Jong Il and grandson Kim Jong Un). Although her privileged family background insulated her from the cruelest horrors of the regime, living near the border with