Everything's Fine

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'A mash-up of Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld and Assembly by Natasha Brown . . . warm, funny and romantic but also sharp and full of nuance. It asks a fundamental question: can you love someone who doesn't see the world in the same way as you do' Elizabeth Day When Jess first meets Josh at their Ivy League college she dislikes him immediately: an entitled guy in chinos, ready to take over the world. Meanwhile Jess is almost always the only Black woman in their class. And Josh can't accept that life might be easier for him because he's white. After graduating, Jess and Josh end up working together in the same investment bank. As they lunch, spar and pick each other's brains, Jess begins to see Josh in a different light. Soon, their tempestuous friendship turns into an electrifying romance that shocks them both, and Jess finds herself questioning who she really is and whether she's willing to compromise that for love. Cecilia Rabess' Everything's Fine is an utterly original and deeply moving take on an age-old question from a dazzling new voice: what have you got to lose when you fall in love 'A stunning debut' - Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss 'Characters so real that I felt preoccupied with them when I wasn't reading' - Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Romantic Comedy 'Plain funny as hell' - Zakiya Dalila Harris, author of The Other Black Girl 'Entertaining and acutely smart' - Elizabeth Day, author of Friendaholic 'Our most explosive discussion yet . . . The PERFECT book club book' - Casual Readers Book Club 'A subtle, ironic, wise state-of-the-nation novel' - Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity 'A brilliantly observed novel about what it means to lose yourself as a young woman' - Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina 'Whip smart' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies 'Original, confident, hilarious' - Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland

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A stunning debut -- Meg Mason, bestselling author of Sorrow & Bliss
Truly brilliant . . . incredible dialogue and characters so real that I felt preoccupied with them when I wasn't reading. I couldn't have loved it more -- Curtis Sittenfeld, author of Romantic Comedy
A subtle, ironic, wise state-of-the-nation novel, sharp enough to draw blood, hidden inside a moving, intimate, sincere and very real love story - or vice versa. -- Nick Hornby
'Everything's Fine poses incisive questions about love, identity, and the countless ways these things can both bruise and bolster one another. Cecilia Rabess has crafted an extraordinarily brave debut that's painfully realbut plain funny as hell, too.' -- Zakiya Dalila Harris, bestselling author of The Other Black Girl
A brilliantly observed novel about what it means to lose yourself as a young woman. So funny but also incredibly true -- Nina Stibbe, author of * Love, Nina *
Original, confident, hilarious -- Sathnam Sanghera, author of * Empireland *
A whip smart, sexy, biting love story about how what unites us does not always overcome what divides us. -- Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies
Funny, felt, and riveting, all at oncea story for anyone whos ever fallen in love thats less than straightforward. Cecilia Rabess is equal parts comedian and sorcerer, reminding us that none of us are (only) as we appear. -- Rachel Khong, author of Goodbye, Vitamin
Both entertaining and wise, a page-turner that explores race, class, sex, and ambition and how love and compromise work (or dont) in our current political climate. -- Jennifer Close, bestselling author of Girls in White Dresses
Clean, crisp and charismatic -- Hena J. Bryan, Bookish Babe
A hot book on a hot topic, well worth reading and arguing about * Kirkus *
A breezy yet unsettling debut Rabesss humor is on-point, and the chemistry between the leads is electric; each scene involving them is fraught with a double-edged sword * Publisher's Weekly *
[A] thought-provoking debutAn intriguing cliffhanger makes this an excellent pick for book clubs that enjoy rousing debate * Booklist *

Author Bio

Cecilia Rabess previously worked as a data scientist at Google and as an associate at Goldman Sachs. Her non-fiction has been featured in McSweeneys, FiveThirtyEight, Fast Company, and FlowingData, among other places. Everything's Fine is her debut novel.