Mika in Real Life

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I especially connected with the vulnerabilities and challenges of motherhood and found so many touching moments within the story. Nope, she lies and when Penny and her father come for a visit, the lies threaten to bury Mika and her relationship with Penny. I think it’s in the same camp as when people are like, “Oh, he’s just like his father,” or “She’s just like her mother.

Mika in Real life has its flaws (looking at you problematic love interest) but I found myself flying through this one. Mika never believes her relationship with Penny and then her dad will last long, and we hope against hope that she’ll prove herself wrong. Mika has to come to the acceptance that people are who they are, they can't always be who you want or need them to be. This amount includes seller specified domestic postage charges as well as applicable international postage, dispatch, and other fees.If you like audiobooks, I highly recommend the audio version of this one because the narrator did a fantastic job. She has always felt that she won't ever live up to her parent's expectations, especially her mother's.

Like for me, I felt like it was her mom giving a passive dismissal of what happened to Mika and her assault. Although Mika is the protagonist, and she clearly harbors a lot of pain about giving Penny up for adoption, Jean is careful to chronicle both her journey and that of Penny’s adoptive parents, showing the highs and lows, joys and pains of each side, never favoring one over the other or suggesting that one side is better than the other. For the end note, I just have no other things to say that I really like this book and this is a really great book. After all, her daughter is still dealing with the passing of her adopted mother, and Mika feels an even stronger desire to forge a bond and shower her with love. At first contentious, their relationship grows and when the truth of Mika's life comes out, watch out!There were many gems in this book, especially the layered characters, and I highly recommend Mika in Real Life. I thought the author handled discussions of generational trauma, sexual assault, and adoption especially well. The King and the Princess of Wales—famously close to one another—are both currently hospitalized at The London Clinic. All she’d wanted was to protect Penny from the truth… She had wanted to show Penny that the adoption had been worth it for both of them.

I loved how relatable she was and how we delved into her guilt, longing, sadness, regret and finding happiness. But I think what it means overall is there are things that we put in the water, and we don’t know where they’ll end up. This book is such a relatable book and fuck I have a soft spot for relatable and realistic fiction book.Readers of Emiko Jean’s young adult novels will not be surprised that she has tackled fiction for adults with grace and wisdom. I cared most about 1) the messiness of mother-daughter relationships, 2) the immigrant experience and the importance of culture, and 3) healing with the support of good friends.