Mika In Real Life

Author Emiko Jean
Narrator Sura Siu, Andi Arndt
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Publish Date 1 September 2022
Run Time 10 hours and 58 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging.

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AT 35, MIKA SUZUKI IS STRUGGLING.

She's been fired (again). Her last relationship went up in flames. Her fervently traditional mother is perpetually disappointed in her. And now, she's had a phone call from sixteen-year-old Penny Calvin. The baby she reluctantly placed for adoption when she was just a teenager herself.

Mika is desperate to meet her girl. But she barely feels like she can take care of herself.
Is she ready to show Penny who her mother really is?

'Definitely 'best books of 2022' material!' Glamour
'By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a total joy of a read' Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You

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Critics Review

Definitely ‘best books of 2022’ material

Glamour US

A funny, touching celebration of second chances

Mail on Sunday

Smart and offbeat funny: think Maria Semple

Warm, funny and a brilliant read

Sun

An endearing, joyful tale about finding (and accepting) yourself

Good Housekeeping

A poignant and compelling exploration of identity, love and what it means to be a mother. Mika and Penny swept me along on their emotional and unforgettable journey, leaving me uplifted yet bereft when I turned the final page. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a total joy of a read

Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You

Touching and heartfelt … captures the essence of mothers and daughters, the nuances that make a family, and where we’ve come from and where we’re going. Sharp and brimming with heart, this tender read will have you alternating between laughter and tears (the very best kind) and missing the characters long after the last page. Mika In Real Life is a sheer delight to read

Rochelle Weinstein author of This Is Not How It Ends

With the offbeat humour and poignancy of Maria Semple and Kirsty Capes, this has the potential to be a big hit

Bookseller, Editor's Choice

Entertaining, funny and uplifting. Exploring identity, motherhood and second chances, it’s one of the most life-affirming books to come out of 2022

Culturefly

I laughed, I cried and had the worst book hangover when I finished this gorgeous read

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