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Narrated by:
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Jorjeana Marie
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By:
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Nina LaCour
About this listen
From the award-winning author of Hold Still comes an achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship.
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 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.
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.
©2017 Nina LaCour (P)2017 Listening LibraryListeners also enjoyed...
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"Narrator Jorjeana Marie's depiction of Marin has a haunted quality - for reasons that become evident as this story unfolds.... As the author gradually reveals Marin's heartache and the secrets that emerged after her grandfather's death, Marie skillfully portrays the deep emotions of both heroines -and, finally, the resilience of enduring love." (AudioFile)
“A meditation on surviving grief, We Are Okay is short, poetic and gorgeously written…. The power in this little book is in seeing Marin come out on the other side of loss, able to appreciate a beautiful yellow-glazed pottery bowl and other people’s kindnesses, and to understand that she might one day have a girlfriend and a future. The world LaCour creates is fragile but profoundly humane.” (The New York Times Book Review)
“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)
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Here - just take my money!
- By Valkyrie on 06-18-20
By: Leah Johnson
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Betty
- A Novel
- By: Tiffany McDaniel
- Narrated by: Dale Dickey
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a white mother and a Cherokee father, Betty Carpenter is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit in the rural town of Breathed, Ohio, is one of poverty and violence—both from outside the family and, devastatingly, from within. But despite the hardships she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father’s brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all to which she bears witness, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write.
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Well
- By Becky Lake on 03-07-21
By: Tiffany McDaniel
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The Ardent Swarm
- A Novel
- By: Yamen Manai, Lara Vergnaud - translator
- Narrated by: Youssif Kamal
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Sidi lives a hermetic life as a bee whisperer, tending to his beloved “girls” on the outskirts of the desolate North African village of Nawa. He wakes one morning to find that something has attacked one of his beehives, brutally killing every inhabitant. Heartbroken, he soon learns that a mysterious swarm of vicious hornets committed the mass murder - but where did they come from, and how can he stop them? If he is going to unravel this mystery and save his bees from annihilation, Sidi must venture out into the village and then brave the big city and beyond in search of answers.
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Descriptions Will Make You Literally SICK
- By Debbie on 07-25-22
By: Yamen Manai, and others
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Rabbit Cake
- By: Annie Hartnett
- Narrated by: Katie Schorr
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve-year-old Elvis Babbitt has a head for the facts: she knows science proves yellow is the happiest color, she knows a healthy male giraffe weighs about 3,000 pounds, and she knows that the naked mole rat is the longest living rodent. She knows she should plan to grieve her mother, who has recently drowned while sleepwalking, for exactly 18 months. But there are things Elvis doesn't yet know—like how to keep her sister Lizzie from poisoning herself while sleep-eating or why her father has started wearing her mother's silk bathrobe around the house.
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Enchanting
- By Margie Knight on 01-01-22
By: Annie Hartnett
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
- By: Adiba Jaigirdar
- Narrated by: Reena Dutt, Shubhangi Karmakar
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan - she’s easygoing and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she’s in a relationship...with a girl her friends absolutely hate - Ishita "Ishu" Dey. Ishu is the complete opposite of Hani. She’s an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. But Ishita agrees to help Hani, if Hani will help her become more popular.
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Absolutely Amazing
- By Madison on 10-10-22
By: Adiba Jaigirdar
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Imogen, Obviously
- By: Becky Albertalli
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kinnunen
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Lili drops a tiny queer bombshell: she's told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen is a raging hetero—not even Lili’s best friend, Tessa. Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. . .
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Sweet, lgbtq+ YA story
- By Leena on 07-01-23
By: Becky Albertalli
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Stolen
- By: Lucy Christopher
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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This stunning debut novel from Australian author Lucy Christopher generated considerable buzz for its nonstop suspense and breathtaking imagery. Sixteen-year-old Gemma is on a layover at Bangkok Airport, headed to Vietnam with her parents. Then the vaguely familiar Ty drugs Gemma’s drink and steals her away. Her head swirling in confusion, Gemma soon finds herself fighting to survive in the unforgiving Outback.
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already listened twice
- By barnes on 09-08-10
By: Lucy Christopher
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea
- By: Tahereh Mafi
- Narrated by: Priya Ayyar
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a 16-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. So she’s built up protective walls and refuses to let anyone close enough to hurt her. Instead, she drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break dancing with her brother. But then she meets Ocean James. He’s the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know Shirin.
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Fenomenal
- By Amazon Customer on 11-13-18
By: Tahereh Mafi
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It's Not Like It's a Secret
- By: Misa Sugiura
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Sixteen-year-old Sana Kiyohara has too many secrets. Some are small, like how it bothers her when her friends don't invite her to parties. Some are big, like the fact that her father may be having an affair. And then there's the one that she can barely even admit to herself - the one about how she might have a crush on her best friend. When Sana and her family move to California, she begins to wonder if it's finally time for some honesty, especially after she meets Jamie Ramirez.
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YA contemporary that focused on an important topic
- By AudioBookHoe on 06-21-17
By: Misa Sugiura
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The Last True Poets of the Sea
- By: Julia Drake
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Larkin family isn't just lucky - they persevere. At least that's what Violet and her younger brother, Sam, were always told. When the Lyric sank off the coast of Maine, their great-great-great grandmother didn't drown like the rest of the passengers. No, Fidelia swam to shore, fell in love, and founded Lyric, Maine. One beautiful summer day, brilliant, sensitive Sam attempts to take his own life. Shipped back to Lyric while Sam is in treatment and desperate to make amends, Violet embarks on a wildly ambitious mission: locate the Lyric.
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An unexpectedly complex gem I’ll come back to repeatedly
- By tsarin black on 07-12-21
By: Julia Drake
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The End of Loneliness
- By: Benedict Wells, Charlotte Collins - translator
- Narrated by: Luke Thompson
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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I've known Death a long time but now Death knows me. When their idyllic childhood is shattered by the sudden death of their parents, siblings Marty, Liz and Jules are sent to a bleak state boarding school. Once there, the orphans' lives change tracks: Marty throws himself into academic life; Liz is drawn to dark forms of escapism; and Jules transforms from a vivacious child to a withdrawn teenager.
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Incredible!
- By Fleure on 01-30-19
By: Benedict Wells, and others
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
- By: Malinda Lo
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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"That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other." And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: "Have you ever heard of such a thing?" Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown.
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Critiquing queer books
- By angelina on 04-27-21
By: Malinda Lo
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Her Name in the Sky
- By: Kelly Quindlen
- Narrated by: Piper Goodeve
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Seventeen-year-old Hannah wants to spend her senior year of high school going to football games and Mardi Gras parties. She wants to drive along the oak-lined streets of Louisiana's Garden District and lie on the hot sand of Florida's beaches. She wants to spend every night making memories with her tight-knit group of friends. The last thing she wants is to fall in love with a girl - especially when that girl is her best friend, Baker. Hannah knows she should like Wally, the kind, earnest boy who asks her to prom.
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Such a good read
- By whoa! on 06-16-17
By: Kelly Quindlen
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Annie On My Mind
- By: Nancy Garden
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lowman
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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This groundbreaking book, first published in 1982, is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and who, despite pressures from family and school that threaten their relationship, promise to be true to each other and their feelings.
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Excellent
- By Glen Gaines on 09-11-10
By: Nancy Garden
Beautiful poetic novel
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Good book
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Dang-a-lang
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Cold, cold, cold!
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Touching and well-written.
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Heartbreakingly Beautiful
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The narrator was just fine--didn't distract and had a pleasant voice to listen to.
A Solidly Okay Book
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solitude
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I've personally never dealt with the loss of someone close to me. But I've had to watch my mother go through it 3 times in the past year. 2 grandparents and a best friend who she hadn't spoken to in a few years because he was too unpredictable for her to feel comfortable having her child (me) around him.
The way the author intricately wove layers upon layers of grief into the main characters life in flashbacks was beautiful, and watching someone not know how to be the same person, or even want to without the person they lost, hit me really hard.
I loooove the way the lgbt representation is woven through this book. It is subtle but not ambiguous, and its not a major hinge of the story, yet the author doesn't pretend its not important to the main character... its just so perfect.
I'd give the narrator 5 stars but its kinda robotic at times.
5 stars for making me cry
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Lovely
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