Mika in Real Life

Mika Suzuki's life is a mess at thirty-five, marked by a failed relationship, a dead-end job, and parental disappointment. Her world shifts when she receives a call from Penny, the daughter she placed for adoption sixteen years prior. Desperate to impress Penny, Mika invents a successful, put-together life, leading to a snowballing series of white lies. As she navigates this deception, Mika also finds herself drawn to Thomas Calvin, Penny's adoptive widower father, in a relationship that slowly evolves from contentious to something more.