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
