Unveiling Secrets Across Borders: A North Korean Daughter’s Heartbreaking Journey in "The Boat Not Taken"
In The Boat Not Taken, the author deftly, honestly, and vividly pieces together the known facts of her widowed mother’s life, inserting what she discovers through research and family interviews, and, along the way, dissecting and examining her own memories—the recollections and mental snap shots captured with a child’s perspective and limited understanding of the experiences and world her mother was forced to navigate. The author reflects, “Are these memories mixed with imagination and marinated in stories told over the years. My earliest recollections of my life in North Korea resemble a well-worn album of faded photos composed in a sporadic style.”
