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Diary : A Novel new-arrivals-070523 everyone has an ikigai—a reasonMisty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, shes now stuck on an island ruined by tourism, drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt, but that doesnt stop his clients from threatening Misty with lawsuits over a series of vile messages theyve found on the walls of houses he remodeled. Suddenly, though, Misty finds her artistic talent returning as she begins a