An investigative journalist returns from an undercover mission in North Koreaâonly to face her critics.
I did not wish that my book were Eat, Pray, Love. As the only journalist to live undercover in North Korea, I had risked imprisonment to tell a story of international importance by the only means possible. By casting my book as personal rather than professionalâby marketing me as a woman on a journey of self-discovery, rather than a reporter on a groundbreaking assignmentâI was effectively being stripped of my expertise on the subject I knew best. It was a subtle shift, but one familiar to professional women from all walks of life. I was being moved from a position of authorityâWhat do you know?âto the realm of emotion: How did you feel?
















