Mika Arlington was supposed to spend the summer after her junior year shadowing her marine biologist parents at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but when her estranged grandmother randomly shows up on the doorstep one day, those plans are derailed. Because Grandma Betty isn’t here to play nice—she is cranky, intolerant of Mika’s mixed-race-couple parents, and oh yeah she has Alzheimer’s and is out of money. While Mika’s family would rather not deal with Grandma Betty, they don’t have much choice. And despite Mika’s protests, she is roped into caring for a… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Racism
- Homophobia
- Grandparent with Alzheimer’s Disease
Context: The protagonist’s grandmother didn’t ‘approve’ of her parent’s mixed-race marriage. Her mother is Japanese and her father is white.
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