We Are Okay

【假裝一切都還好，卻逐漸無法逃出憂鬱的枷鎖】

大學新生瑪琳自從離家到距離加州海岸數千英里的紐約大學上學，並搬進宿舍以後就沒有跟家人或之前認識的任何人聯繫了，甚至連她最好的朋友梅貝爾也不知道，瑪琳為什麼要拒絕她每一通電話，瑪琳試圖擺脫的過去憾事究竟又是什麼？

即將迎接的寒假，瑪琳不打算回家，雖然跟舍監僵持一陣子，最後還是爭取到繼續住宿舍的權利。長時間獨處得面對最赤裸的自己，包括回憶、遺憾、許多或好或壞的臆測與猜想。不過多年老友梅貝爾堅持，要在聖誕假期來拜訪她，與瑪琳同住三天，這不禁讓瑪琳感到苦惱且悲喜參半，她害怕將她真實的現況讓朋友知道，卻也期待梅貝爾願意承接她的苦痛，更加討厭需要面對三天後要與傾訴對象告別。她該裝作正常沒事，讓摯友不用擔心，卻自己陷入情緒深淵，還是要誠實並自私地將一切告訴梅貝爾，讓自己的心情好過一點、卻要冒著可能就此絕交的風險呢？

Winner of the 2018 Michael L. Printz Award -- An achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship.

"Short, poetic and gorgeously written." --The New York Times Book Review

"A beautiful, devastating piece of art." --Bookpage

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.