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![]() ![]() It’s been months since Marin’s grandfather passed away, since she lost the only family she had left. Nina LaCour’s We Are Okay explores one girl’s emotional journey as she grapples with loss, grief, and ultimately the first steps toward closure. ![]() Not in the way that everyone loses something, but in the way that undoes your life, undoes your self, so that when you look at your face it isn’t yours anymore.” “I wonder if there’s a secret current that connects people who have lost something. 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. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. ![]() 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. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. “Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers ![]()
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