We Are Okay Audiobook

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• A beautiful, devastating piece of art. . . .The title hints at a happy ending, but the journey toward it passes through some of the darkest corners of the heart. Be prepared to be gutted—and grateful. We Are Okay is an extraordinary work by an author who keeps redefining and elevating her genre.

  — Bookpage

• Nina LaCour treats her emotions so beautifully and with such empathy. Of course, we'd expect nothing less from the stunning LaCour.

  — Bustle

• ★ “Exquisite.

  —  Kirkus, starred review

• ★ “LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful.

  — Booklist, starred review

• ★ “Beautifully crafted . . . . A quietly moving, potent novel.

  — School Library Journal, starred review

• ★ “A moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything she’s known has been thrown into disarray.

  — Publishers Weekly, starred review

• ★"Bittersweet and hopeful . . . poetic and skillfully crafted.

  — Shelf Awareness, starred review

• 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

• Hold Still:YALSA Best Books for Young Adults (2010); 2010 William C. Morris Honor Book

• ★ “LaCour makes an impressive debut with an emotionally charged young adult novel about friendship and loss.

  — Publishers Weekly

• “LaCour strikes a new path through a familiar story, leading readers with her confident writing and savvy sense of prose.

  — Kirkus 

• The book is written with honesty, revealing one's pain after the loss of a loved one.

  — SLJ

• The Disenchantments:YALSA Best Books for Young Adults (2013); Kirkus Best Teen Book of 2012; A Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book

• ★ "This is about the inside and outside of characters, the past and future of their lives--and it is astonishing.

  — Booklist

• Quietly compelling . . . well rendered, bittersweet and hopeful.

  — Los Angeles Times 

• ★"Bittersweet and hopeful . . . poetic and skillfully crafted.

  — Shelf Awareness

• ★ "LaCour's writing style is laid-back, low key, and totally on point.

  — VOYA

• Everything Leads to You:★ "Underneath the privilege surges real pain, longing, and feeling in a way that makes it easy to imagine this novel as a film.

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Narrator Jorjeana Marie’s depiction of Marin has a haunted quality—for reasons that become evident as this story unfolds. Marie quickly conveys Marin’s total adoration of her beloved grandfather…[and] skillfully portrays the deep emotions of both heroines—and, finally, the resilience of enduring love. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

  — AudioFile

• ★ "A rich tapestry that will make readers confident that they are in the hands of a master storyteller. . . . . Hauntingly beautiful.

  — Kirkus

• ★ "LaCour skillfully draws connections between art and life as she delves into the heart of her characters.

  — Publishers Weekly

• “Short, poetic, and gorgeously written…The world LaCour creates is fragile but profoundly humane.”

  — New York Times Book Review

• “A deeply personal, unforgettable, and tremendously moving story about grief and connection, and finding hope in the darkest moments…Highly recommended.”

  — BookRiot

• “A moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything she’s known has been thrown into disarray.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “An elegantly crafted paean to the cleansing power of truth.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “The author’s nuanced and sensitive depiction of the protagonist’s complex and turbulent inner life makes for a rich narrative…This is realistic fiction edged with the melancholy tinge of a ghost story.”

  — School Library Journal (starred review)

• “In the hands of Nina LaCour, the story of a grieving girl and her profound sense of loneliness is bittersweet and hopeful. Marin is not alone, and in this poetic, skillfully crafted story, lonely teens may see it’s possible that they aren’t, either.”

  — Shelf Awareness (starred review)

• “So lonely and beautiful that I could hardly breathe. This is a perfect book.”

  — Stephanie Perkins, 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, 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