Finding Naomi

Naomi Kihara has spent her life believing she was abandoned. Raised in Japan by her grandparents after her mother's death, she grew up convinced her American father walked away without looking back. Now working a dead-end job at a Tokyo bar and struggling in a failing relationship, she expects little from life. Then the police arrive at her door. Her father is dead, and she is his sole heir. Inheriting his estate comes with a condition: Naomi must leave Tokyo and live for one year in his tiny Nebraska hometown—a place she has never seen, among people unhappy that the forgotten Japanese daughter now owns land that has been in their community for generations. As Naomi enters a world of farms, family secrets, and small-town scrutiny, she uncovers truths about her father and herself that challenge everything she believed. The novel explores identity, forgiveness, and second chances across cultures, following Naomi's journey to discover where she comes from and decide who she wants to become.