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We Are Okay

Nina LaCour

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English
Queensland Univ. Press
05 March 2019
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- “There are many ways of being alone. That’s something I know to be true. I breathe in (stars and sky). I breathe out (snow and trees)."

We Are Okay is a beautiful portrait of grief, loneliness and struggling with your own identity. The story follows the main character Marin after she leaves her home in California to go to College in New York without letting anyone know she had left. Until one winter holiday, a friend form Marin's past comes to visit and helps her come to terms with all that drove her to escape to New York. Chloe Harrington

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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 far 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.

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Imprint:   Queensland Univ. Press
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   222g
ISBN:   9780702262562
ISBN 10:   0702262560
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Nina LaCour is the author of the widely acclaimed Hold Still, The Disenchantments, and Everything Leads to You. She is also the coauthor, with David Levithan of You Know Me Well. Formerly a bookseller and high school English teacher, she now writes and parents full time. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Nina lives with her family in Martinez, California. www.ninalacour.com

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