Born A Crime is the new (and first) book by Trevor Noah in which he tells about his childhood growing up as a mixed child in South Africa during apartheid.
This isn’t a story of the American “from rags to riches” dream. This is a story about how comedy, resiliance and creativity can get you through even the worst hardships in life.
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Shortly before her 18th birthday, Hyeon-seo Lee leaves her mother’s house and crosses the border between North Korea and China to visit her Chinese aunt and uncle for a couple of days.
She never intended to escape North Korea. But things go wrong. Her family is put under surveillance as she’s suspected to have defected to China. Returning would mean interrogation, and most likely imprisonment not only for her, but her entire family. Thus she begins a life as an illegal immigrant in China.
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