We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
"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."
“I was okay just a moment ago. I will learn how to be okay again.”
― Nina LaCour, We Are Okay
This was such a quietly heartbreaking and beautiful book. Possibly because I’m grieving a loss at the moment, it hit me deep in my soul. It’s about grief but it’s also about healing, in a way that felt very genuine. Absolutely loved this.
Genre: ya, contemporary, lgbtq+
Representation: lesbian/queer, bisexual, sapphic, latinx
Content Warnings: death, hallucinations, depression