Mika in Real Life: A Novel
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In this brilliant new novel by from Emiko Jean, the author of the New York Times bestselling young adult novel Tokyo Ever After, comes a whip-smart, laugh-out-loud funny, and utterly heartwarming novel about motherhood, daughterhood, and love-how we find it, keep it, and how it always returns. One phone call changes everything. At thirty-five, Mika Suzuki's life is a mess. Her last relationship ended in flames. Her roommate-slash-best friend might be a hoarder. She's a perpetual disappointment to her traditional Japanese parents. And, most recently, she's been fired from her latest dead-end job. Mika is at her lowest point when she receives a phone call from Penny-the daughter she placed for adoption sixteen years ago. Penny is determined to forge a relationship with her birth mother, and in turn, Mika longs to be someone Penny is proud of. Faced with her own inadequacies, Mika embellishes a fact about her life. What starts as a tiny white lie slowly snowballs into a fully-fledged fake life, one where Mika is mature, put-together, and successful in love and her career. The details of Mika's life might be an illusion, but everything she shares with curious, headstrong Penny is real: her hopes, dreams, flaws, and Japanese heritage. The harder-won heart belongs to Thomas Calvin, Penny's adoptive widower father. What starts as a rocky, contentious relationship slowly blossoms into a friendship and, over time, something more. But can Mika really have it all-love, her daughter, the life she's always wanted? Or, will Mika's deceptions ultimately catch up to her? In the end, Mika must face the truth-about herself, her family, and her past-and answer the question, just who is Mika in real life? Perfect for fans of Kiley Reid's Such a Fun Age, Gayle Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, and Rebecca Serle's In Five Years, Mika in Real Life is at once, a heart-wrenching and uplifting novel that explores the weight of silence, the secrets we keep, and what it means to be a mother.
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Jean, E. (2022). Mika in Real Life: A Novel. [United States], William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jean, Emiko. 2022. Mika in Real Life: A Novel. [United States], William Morrow.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jean, Emiko, Mika in Real Life: A Novel. [United States], William Morrow, 2022.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jean, Emiko. Mika in Real Life: A Novel. [United States], William Morrow, 2022.
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