In Chapter 22, Yeonmi achieves another milestone when she is admitted to the criminal justice department of Dongguk University. Before the school year begins in March 2012, she receives a phone call from a TV show producer who heard her story from someone at the Hanawon Resettlement Center and invites her to speak on his program. Yeonmi refuses out of fear of becoming a public figure, but the producer convinces her that the program is very popular and says it will air on the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS). The coverage might help her find her sister. Yeonmi discusses the offer with her mother and accepts the risk. The show airs in January 2012, but there is no word of Eunmi.

Two months later, Yeonmi begins studying at Dongguk University, where she finds happiness in expanding her mind. Although she rents a small apartment near the school, she spends most of her time at the library. When she recalls how dark the nights were in North Korea compared to her current life in Seoul, she wonders where she belongs.

After her first public appearance on TV, Yeonmi is contacted by the producer of Now on My Way to Meet You, a popular entertainment TV show on which a revolving cast of “attractive young women [.