The release date for the English version of 'The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories' by
Marina Keegan is Apr 2014. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A moving and inspirational posthumous collection of tales and essays by the gifted young Yale graduate whose 2012 title piece made her a household name for her generation.
When Marina Keegan received her Yale magna cum laude degree in May 2012, her fame was already rising. She had a job waiting for her at the New Yorker and a play that was scheduled to be staged at the New York International Fringe Festival. Unfortunately, Marina her away in an automobile accident five days after graduating.
As friends, students, and family banded together in profound sadness to organize a funeral ceremony for Marina, her last column for the Yale Daily News, "The Opposite of Loneliness," went viral and garnered over 1.4 million views. She had made an impression.
Though Marina passed away at the young age of twenty-two, her oeuvre is vast and rich in language that encapsulates the optimism, unpredictability, and potential of her generation, much like her title essay. Like The Last Lecture, The Opposite of Loneliness is an anthology of Marina's essays and tales that articulates the common struggle we all go through as we try to find out who we want to be and how we may use our gifts to change the world.