Review: The World Is Bigger Now: An American Journalist's Release from Captivity in North Korea . . . a Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness

The World Is Bigger Now: An American Journalist's Release from Captivity in North Korea . . . a Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness by Euna Lee
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I am not impressed by Janet Song as a narrator, but I enjoyed this view from inside the 2009 imprisonment of American journalists Euna Lee (author) and Laura Ling by North Korea
were detained by the North Korean army. I previous read Ling's Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's Fight to Bring Her Home and looked forward to a different P.O.V. Ling worked in front of the camera and had famous sister Lisa Ling while Euna is a camera-shy technician behind the scenes. The two different people -almost a class difference- went through the same horrendous experience and saw the North Korean interregators break them down and turn them against each other. The Current TV pair in both their books suggest they were lured across to put a toe on North Korean soil before being chased into China by DPK soldiers dragged them back. Apparently, this is still controversial. Eventually, former U.S. President Bill Clinton arrived in the country on a publicly unannounced visit leading to their release and Euna recounts the travails, rare phone calls, and one-sided letters prior to this. Her faith caused her doubts and brought her strength during this time, which supports the title.

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