Episode 22: We Are Okay (New Reads November)

We Are Okay

Meet Marin, the star of Nina LaCour’s 2017 Printz Award-winning novel We Are Okay. In it, Marin is grappling with the recent loss of her Gramps, whose sudden death reveals the startling and upsetting circumstances of his life. Having moved across the country to start her freshman year of college, she’s isolated herself from everyone back home in order to cope with the fallout of the tragedy. Over the course of We Are Okay, LaCour examines mental illness and tells beautiful, heartbreaking stories of different kinds of love. The guest on Episode 22 is Chiara Charida, who is the co-host of the Books & Booze podcast. Check out the show on Instagram @booksboozepod, and follow Chiara (@bookish.kiki) and her co-host Jade (@boho_bookworm), too!

CHECK OUT CHIARA’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

Scrublands by Chris Hammer

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

MORE READING:

“The National Book Award For Young People’s Literature In 2018 Will Be Awarded To One Of These 10 YA Books” (Bustle, 2018)

“We Are Okay — Nina LaCour” (The Beauty of Literature, 2017)

“Q&A with Nina LaCour” (Publisher’s Weekly, 2017)

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