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As You Like It

Chapter One—Throwaway Girls

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 4 Sep 2016

“I guess we are throwaway girls,” Risa says, helping me to unpack one of my boxes. I do not know why it is taking her ...

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Chapter Twelve—Matchmaker, Matchmaker

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 14 Aug 2009

>> Chapter elevenAt least pretend that you’re happy to be here, I scold myself. My best friend Ginnie Lee is getting married. To a nice ...

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Chapter Eleven—Cold Imagawayaki

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 10 Jul 2009

>> Chapter tenOf all the people that I decide to be completely honest with, it shouldn’t be him.  I should be confessing to my best ...

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Chapter Ten—Honesty Is the Best Policy

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 12 Jun 2009

>> Chapter nine“You have to tell him,” says Ginnie, slurping the last bit of noodle in her large ceramic bowl. We are in Mr. Ramen ...

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Chapter Nine—Up in Space

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 8 May 2009

>> Chapter eightI don’t know why I set up my ex-boyfriend with the absolutely best catch in my fledgling dating service. As my best friend ...

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Chapter Eight—Match Game

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 10 Apr 2009

>> Chapter seven“So who’s going to be matched with who?” Ginnie asks as she licks some green tea/blood orange yogurt from her lips ...

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Chapter Seven—Who’s Ex?

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 13 Mar 2009

>> Chapter six“That guy is my best friend’s ex.” The lie about Laker2009, otherwise known as Rick Sleazeball Saiki, my former boyfriend, comes out ...

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Chapter Six—Behind the Shoji Screen

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 14 Feb 2009

>> Chapter fiveI pull Jake, my landlord, behind the Japanese folded screen in the back of the offices of Baishakunin, Inc. “Ah, ah—” No words emerge ...

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Chapter Five—Full House

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 9 Jan 2009

>> Chapter four“Cool. This going to be a soft-porn gig?” I look incredulously at Kyle Honda. If it weren’t for the tattoos and the ...

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Chapter Four—Finding Mrs. Butterworth

  • By Naomi Hirahara
  • 12 Dec 2008

>> Chapter threeIt’s been a week and I’ve gone to at least ten garage sales, two 99-cents outlets, and five thrift stores to make ...
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