We Are Okay (PDF) (Print)

Nina LaCour's award-winning, achingly beautiful novel is now available in paperback!

ÐIncludes a new foreword by Nicola Yoon, #1 bestselling author of The Sun is Also a Star and Everything, EverythingÐ

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award

ÒShort, poetic and gorgeously written.Ó ÐThe New York Times Book Review
ÒA beautiful, devastating piece of art." ÐBookpage

You go through life thinking thereÕs so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother. Marin hasnÕt 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 sheÕs 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 thatÕs 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 

ÒNina LaCour treats her emotions so beautifully and with such empathy.Ó ÑBustle

_ ÒExquisite.Ó ÑKirkus

_ ÒLaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful.Ó ÑBooklist

_ ÒBeautifully crafted . . . . A quietly moving, potent novel.Ó ÑSLJ

_ ÒA moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything sheÕs known has been thrown into disarray.Ó ÑPublishers Weekly

_"Bittersweet and hopeful . . . poetic and skillfully crafted." ÑShelf Awareness

ÒSo lonely and beautiful that I could hardly breathe. This is a perfect book.Ó ÑStephanie Perkins, bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss

ÒAs beautiful as the best memories, as sad as the best songs, as hopeful as your best dreams.Ó
ÑSiobhan Vivian, bestselling author of The Last Boy and Girl in the World

ÒYou can feel every peak and valley of MarinÕs emotional journey on your skin, in your gut. Beautifully written, heartfelt, and deeply real.Ó ÑAdi Alsaid, author of Never Always Sometimes and LetÕs Get Lost