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Eight Forty-Eight 1/29/2009
Chicagoan's Debut Novel Follows Korean Runaway




 
 
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Eight Forty-Eight book critic Donna Seaman has a review of Miles From Nowhere, the debut novel of Nami Mun. The book follows a young Korean runaway, struggling to get by on the streets of New York.

Donna Seaman is an associate editor for Booklist and her author interviews are collected in a book called Writers on the Air: Conversations About Books.
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Amy Getchell, Albany, CA // Saturday, January 31, 2009 @ 1:40 PM

Runaway is misspelled on the title on your Web site. Thanks for this review!

Tim Magner, Near-Northside Chicago // Thursday, February 12, 2009 @ 8:39 PM

Thanks Donna. I'm expecting big things from Mun!

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