Mika in Real Life

A Novel

Mika in Real Life

Emiko Jean

Mika in Real Life

Emiko Jean

young-adult
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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....

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01 Interstitial
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02 Interstitial
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03 Chapter One
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04 Chapter Two
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05 Chapter Three
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06 Chapter Four
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07 Interstitial
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08 Interstitial
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09 Chapter Five
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10 Chapter Six
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11 Chapter Seven
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12 Chapter Eight
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13 Chapter Nine
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14 Interstitial
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15 Interstitial
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16 Chapter Ten
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17 Chapter Eleven
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18 Chapter Twelve
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19 Chapter Thirteen
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20 Chapter Fourteen
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21 Chapter Fifteen
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22 Interstitial
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23 Interstitial
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24 Chapter Sixteen
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25 Chapter Seventeen
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26 Chapter Eighteen
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27 Chapter Nineteen
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28 Chapter Twenty
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29 Chapter Twenty-One
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30 Chapter Twenty-Two
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31 Interstitial
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32 Interstitial
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33 Chapter Twenty-Three
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34 Chapter Twenty-Four
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35 Chapter Twenty-Five
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36 Chapter Twenty-Six
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37 Chapter Twenty-Seven
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38 Chapter Twenty-Eight
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39 Chapter Twenty-Nine
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40 Chapter Thirty
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41 Chapter Thirty-One
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42 Chapter Thirty-Two
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43 Chapter Thirty-Three
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44 Chapter Thirty-Four
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45 Chapter Thirty-Five
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46 Interstitial
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