fun and competent read, as befits professional journalists. Laura and Lisa Ling do not respond to allegations that they were born male, but manage to provide a non-self-promoting view of their activities at the point of capture and subsequently in the Hermit Kingdom. refusing the opportunity to cast their struggle in simple terms of good self and evil others, the Lings alternate storylines to show what is happening in and outside north korea as well as the political, diplomatic, news, personal, and relationship matters that evolve. 4/5 professionally written story, worthy of william morrow
