I've read several books on North Korea, but this one is unique because it was written by someone who went there to teach english at a Pyongyang university where many foreign professors had been brought in to teach the children of North Korea's elite families. She forms bonds with the students and gets to observe their behavior first-hand over the course of several months. She also shares her own perspective on what it's like to live in North Korea as a foreigner: Under constant surveillance, not being allowed to travel freely even within the country, having almost no contact with her friends and family in the U.S., and having to go to great lengths to obtain simple items, like the ingredients to bake a cake. Finally, unlike books written by defectors, the North Koreans in this book are being raised as true believers and do not have (or do not admit) any doubt that their country is the greatest and most prosperous in the world. It's a worthy read for people who are as fascinated by North Korea as I am.