โDoes love conquer all? Does it now? Did it ever? These are questions Cecilia Rabess asks in her nimble, discerning debutโฆThe ending of Everythingโs Fine is one of the best Iโve read in years.โ โThe New York Times
A painfully funny, painfully real love story for our time that doesnโt just ask will they, butโฆshould they?
Jess is a senior in college, ambitious but aimless, when she meets Josh. Heโs a privileged preppy in chinos, ready to inherit the world. Sheโs not expecting to inherit anything.
A year later, theyโre both working at the same investment bank. And when Jess finds herself the sole Black woman on the floor, overlooked and underestimated, Josh shows up for her in surprisingโif imperfectโways. Before long, an unlikely friendship forms, tinged with undeniable chemistry. It gradually, and then suddenly, turns into an electrifying romance that shocks them both.
Despite their differences, the force of their attraction propels the relationship forward. But as the cultural and political landscape shifts underneath them, Jess is forced to consider if their disagreements run deeper than she can bear, what sheโs willing to compromise for love, and whether, in fact, everythingโs fine.
A stunning debut about โa love affair that turns infernoโ (People), that is โextraordinarily braveโฆfunny as hell,โ (Zakiya Dalilah Harris) Cecilia Rabessโs Everythingโs Fine is an incisive and moving portrait of a young woman who is just beginning to discover who she is and who she has the right to be. It is also a โsubtle, ironic, wise, state-of-the-nation novelโ (Nick Hornby) that asks big questions about the way we live now and โwhether our choices stop and end with usโ (The New York Times).