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Daughters of the Bamboo Grove

by Barbara Demick

National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction · 2025 · Shortlist
Random HousehistorynonfictionISBN 9780593536148

Award History

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National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction2025Shortlist

About This Book

Barbara Demick investigates the lives of women in North Korea's ruling elite and the daughters of regime insiders who have defected, revealing how gender and loyalty intersect at the heart of the Kim dynasty. A finalist for the NBCC Award for Nonfiction 2025.

About the Author

Barbara DemickAmerican

Barbara Demick is an American journalist and author. Her book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea won the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2010 and the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize. She covered China and Korea for the Los Angeles Times.

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