Somewhere Inside
One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home

I found Laura's first-person experience of North Korea's political and legal system far more interesting than her personal situation itself. By that I mean that despite her efforts to convey how scared she felt or Lisa's alternating chapters lamenting being separated from her "Baby Girl", they were......more

Reading this memoir was a follow-up to other books on my reading table regarding North Korea's tendency to sacrifice all good-will in order to keep her people in a perpetual lockdown. The kidnapping, imprisoning and worse of all those who come or go without permission is just the tip of the punitive......more

This book was just one more reminder of why I hate the North Korean government ... oh, and why I love Bill Clinton. Can you imagine being held prisoner in the Orwellian hellhole that is North Korea for six months, only to be brought home by Bill Clinton in a shiny private jet? Yet another reason of w......more

Investigative journalism through a very personal lens. Through reading this matter of fact version of what the sisters endured, the reader can peek into what it is like to be a prisoner in North Korean and simultaneously experience what is like to be the family of the captive. Extremely interesting.......more

I give this book 5 stars because I can't imagine how difficult for both sisters to tell it.......more