We Are Okay
Nina LaCour
Paperback
(Penguin Books, Feb. 26, 2019)
Nina LaCour's award-winning, achingly beautiful novel is now available in paperback!âIncludes a new foreword by Nicola Yoon, #1 bestselling author of The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, EverythingâWinner of the Michael L. Printz AwardâShort, poetic and gorgeously written.â âThe New York Times Book ReviewâA beautiful, devastating piece of art." âBookpageYou go through life thinking thereâs so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother. Marin hasnât spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy sheâs tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything thatâs been left unsaid and finally confront the loneliness that has made a home in her heart. An intimate whisper that packs an indelible punch, We Are Okay is Nina LaCour at her finest. This gorgeously crafted and achingly honest portrayal of grief will leave you urgent to reach across any distance to reconnect with the people you love.Praise for We Are Okay âNina LaCour treats her emotions so beautifully and with such empathy.â âBustleâ
âExquisite.â âKirkusâ
âLaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful.â âBooklistâ
âBeautifully crafted . . . . A quietly moving, potent novel.â âSLJâ
âA moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything sheâs known has been thrown into disarray.â âPublishers Weeklyâ
"Bittersweet and hopeful . . . poetic and skillfully crafted." âShelf AwarenessâSo lonely and beautiful that I could hardly breathe. This is a perfect book.â âStephanie Perkins, bestselling author of Anna and the French KissâAs beautiful as the best memories, as sad as the best songs, as hopeful as your best dreams.ââSiobhan Vivian, bestselling author of The Last Boy and Girl in the WorldâYou can feel every peak and valley of Marinâs emotional journey on your skin, in your gut. Beautifully written, heartfelt, and deeply real.â âAdi Alsaid, author of Never Always Sometimes and Letâs Get Lost