Nothing To Envy by Barbara Demick
Excellent Book!
She interviewed a heap of defectors and selected six particular individuals; Two who conducted a teenage romance in secret (due to Korean attitude towards young couples, and a class divide which meant the relationship put one of their careers at risk), a woman seriously invested in the regime until she defected and her daughter who disliked the regime from an early age, a doctor who again was serious about the communist ideals until the defection and a young boy abandoned by his father, because he couldn't feed his sons, who stole food to stay alive.
She follows these stories by switching back and forth in a liner time line of North Korean history to which they all, or some, are witness too. Occasionally drawing quite quotes from numerous other defectors to give some background to an event.
I like the way she does switch between the individuals rather than concerting on one at a time. It allows the book to be followed quite easy because every event or issue in North Korea is dealt with at once but from each of their perspectives. The famine, the death of Kim Il-sung, and their defections.
Most of all it's very easy to read. Keeps your interest from start to finish leaving you wishing it was larger (it is a short book).