First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!
• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

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First Lines:

Before Hannah left, she asked if I was sure I’d be okay. She already waited an hour past when the doors were closed for winter break, until everyone but the custodians were gone.

Do you recognize these lines?

Scroll down for the book!

Hint: This book was on my TBR for the longest time until I finally read it in May 2021!

The First Lines Friday Book is…

Title: We Are Okay

Author: Nina LaCour

Pages: 236

Publisher: Dutton

Published: February 14, 2017

[Amazon CA] [Book Depository]

Synopsis

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.

Happy Friday!