Miles from Nowhere

A major voice in fiction debuts with the story of a teenage runaway on the streets of...
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Author: Nami Mun
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Miles from Nowhere by Mun, Nami

Miles from Nowhere

CHF 20.73

Miles from Nowhere

CHF 20.73
Author: Nami Mun
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.12h x 5.04w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9781594483981
Audience: Young Adult

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

About the Author
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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