Nina LaCour's award-winning achingly beautiful novel is now available in paperback! -Includes
a new foreword by Nicola Yoon #1 bestselling author of The Sun is Also a Star and Everything
Everything- Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award "Short poetic and gorgeously written."
-The New York Times Book Review "A beautiful devastating piece of art." -Bookpage You go
through life thinking there's so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone
your wallet and a picture of your mother. Marin hasn't 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 she's 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 that's 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 "Nina LaCour treats her emotions so beautifully
and with such empathy." -Bustle ★ "Exquisite." -Kirkus ★ "LaCour paints a captivating
depiction of loss bewilderment and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful." -Booklist ★
"Beautifully crafted . . . . A quietly moving potent novel." -SLJ ★ "A moving portrait of a
girl struggling to rebound after everything she's known has been thrown into disarray."
-Publishers Weekly ★"Bittersweet and hopeful . . . poetic and skillfully crafted." -Shelf
Awareness "So lonely and beautiful that I could hardly breathe. This is a perfect book."
-Stephanie Perkins bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss "As beautiful as the best
memories as sad as the best songs as hopeful as your best dreams." -Siobhan Vivian
bestselling author of The Last Boy and Girl in the World "You can feel every peak and valley
of Marin's emotional journey on your skin in your gut. Beautifully written heartfelt and
deeply real." -Adi Alsaid author of Never Always Sometimes and Let's Get Lost
