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Author Amy Bloom has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. (Beth Kelly)

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Bloom's new novel inspired by a journey

Broadcast: Midmorning, 11/11/2008, 10:06 a.m.

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Author Amy Bloom's new novel tells the story of a Russian immigrant's attempts to adjust to America, and her trek across the country to try to find her lost daughter. Bloom was inspired by the legend of a young immigrant woman who tried to walk home to Siberia.

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  • Amy Bloom: Author of the novel "Away," which was a National Book Award finalist. Bloom is a psychotherapist, essayist and novelist. She also writes and produces for television.

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