{"product_id":"mika-in-real-life-9780063242067","title":"Mika in Real Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this brilliant new novel by from Emiko Jean, the author of the\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling young adult novel \u003cem\u003eTokyo Ever After\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne phone call changes everything. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt thirty-five, Mika Suzuki's life is a mess. Her last relationship ended in flames. Her roommate-slash-best friend \u003cem\u003emight \u003c\/em\u003ebe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMika 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, successful in love and her career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, \u003cem\u003ejust who is Mika in real life? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Kiley Reid's \u003cem\u003eSuch a Fun Age\u003c\/em\u003e, Gail Honeyman's \u003cem\u003eEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine\u003c\/em\u003e, and Rebecca Serle's \u003cem\u003eIn Five Years\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMika in Real Life\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperLuxe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063242067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Emiko Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42183805108405,"sku":"9780063242067","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1d97e2ff-fb05-4def-90d9-2e45abb87216.jpg?v=1654571053","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mika-in-real-life-9780063242067","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}