{"title":"Nami Mun","description":"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.","products":[{"product_id":"miles-from-nowhere-paperback","title":"Miles from Nowhere - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major voice in fiction debuts with the story of a teenage runaway on the streets of 1980s New York.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104771018975,"sku":"9781594483981","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4PLl2naUvN9781594483981.webp?v=1781111283"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/nami-mun.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}