Miles from Nowhere by Mun, Nami

Miles from Nowhere (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781594483981)

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Miles from Nowhere by Mun, Nami

Miles from Nowhere

$22.00
Miles from Nowhere by Mun, Nami

Miles from Nowhere

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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A major voice in fiction debuts with the story of a teenage runaway on the streets of 1980s New York.

Teenage Joon is a Korean immigrant living in the Bronx of the 1980s. Her parents have crumbled under the weight of her father's infidelity; he has left the family, and mental illness has rendered her mother nearly catatonic. So Joon, at the age of thirteen, decides she would be better off on her own, a choice that commences a harrowing and often tragic journey that exposes the painful difficulties of a life lived on the margins. Joon's adolescent years take her from a homeless shelter to an escort club, through struggles with addiction, to jobs selling newspapers and cosmetics, committing petty crimes, and finally toward something resembling hope.

Author: Nami Mun
ISBN-10: 1594483981
ISBN-13: 9781594483981
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.12h x 5.04w x 0.84d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135965 / Miles from Nowhere


Review Citation(s):
People Weekly 09/14/2009 pg. 63
By Nami Mun
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Nami Mun was born in Seoul, South Korea, and grew up there and in Bronx, New York. She has worked as an Avon Lady, an activities coordinator for a nursing home, a photojournalist, and a criminal investigator. After earning her GED, she graduated from UC Berkeley, and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan. A recipient of a Pushcart Prize, she has published in numerous journals including the 2007 Pushcart Prize anthology, The Iowa Review, Tin House, Evergreen Review, Witness, and other journals. She currently lives in Chicago.

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