Girl with Black Makeup

Introduction 5
Acknowledgements 9
Prologue 13

Part 1.
My Childhood in Aoji, North Korea
1. Descendant of a South Korean Soldier 17
2. Children Who Ate Clay Crackers 19
3. Neighbors Who Steal from One Another 21
4. Child Peddler 23
5. Motherless Child 25
6. My Father's Transformation 29
7. My Aunt's Betrayal 31
8. My Mother Returned 33
9. Field Trip to Pyongyang 35
10. My Mother Leaves Again and Living with My Stepmother 39
11. Living in My Maternal Aunt's House 41
12. Surveillance and Punishment 43

Part 2.
People Who Live Behind Iron Bars
1. Graduating from High School in North Korea 49
2. Life in the Coal Mines 51
3. The Cost of Loyalty 55
4. The Man I Met in the Coal Mine 59
5. Life as a Maid in the Dolgeokdae 63
6. Moving in with the Man Who I Loved 65
7. Registering Our Marriage 67
8. The End to My Happiness 694

Part 3.
You Have to Leave a Wrong Path
Before You Can Find the Right Way
1. My Mother's Call 73
2. Parting from My Younger Brother 77
3. At a Temporary Shelter 79
4. Crossing the Tumen River 81
5. Meeting the Broker in China 83
6. At the Broker's House 85
7. Making Our Way to Thailand 89
8. Getting on the Plane to South Korea 93

Part 4.
Life Challenges, Which Still Continue
1. One Must Learn How to Live with Others 97
2. A Difficult River to Cross 101
3. To Canada 103
4. My First Day in Canada 105
5. New Challenges That I faced 109
6. The One Person Who Spoke My Language 111
7. From One to Another 113
8. People Who Are More Beautiful than Flowers 117
9. A New Challenge 121

Epilogue 125
About the Author and the translator 133