{"product_id":"miles-from-nowhere-9781594483981","title":"Miles from Nowhere","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major voice in fiction debuts with the story of a teenage runaway on the streets of 1980s New York.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNami 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review, Tin House, Evergreen Review, Witness, \u003c\/i\u003e and other journals. She currently lives in Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473981509906,"sku":"9781594483981","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61b50991-8142-45f6-8f9e-c5742aae7a38.jpg?v=1730210055","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/miles-from-nowhere-9781594483981","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}