Lorna Lott is not liked. The software sales team she leads calls her King Kong behind her back. She scowls at strangers and ignores her neighbors. Her sister is an addict, her father abandoned her as a child and her mother is dead. Lorna lot is alone. And angry.

When an interpersonal conflict with her team bubbles up at work, her boss forces Lorna into a one month outpatient mental wellness retreat. Lorna is not pleased. She doesn’t see how yoga and sound baths and meditation and life coaching could possibly make her a better salesperson, much less help her open her “bomb shelter,” the place where she has hidden all her big emotions her entire life.

But as Lorna works the program and confronts the hurts from her past, she opens herself to new friendships, starting with the eight year old latch key kid across her hall. Lorna has always believed that she is unlikable. But is it really just that she doesn’t like herself? And can she figure out how to change that?

I adored this novel. It had a bit of “A Man Called Ove” vibes if you liked that book, although Lorna is much younger than Ove. I loved walking with Lorna through her journey of grief and forgiveness and acceptance. I laughed at parts and cried at parts and overall just really loved this book.

(This was an Advanced Readers Copy that I received via NetGalley. It releases Aug 12. I received a complementary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.)

When Lorna’s letter she sent to her sister, went to her entire team instead, her work sent her on a wellness retreat. I feel so sad for Lorna and her family situation. It’s clear that it really affected her mental health. Lorna’s friendship with bean is so sweet. It was interesting to how they went back and talked about events which Lorna then went and apologized for. The therapy seemed so helpful. I think I almost cried at the end of the book. I loved the relationship she had with Seth and Bean. I felt myself smiling a lot while reading the book.

There was some tough parts of the book. I felt bad for Lorna, her childhood was rough. Her dad bugged me so much!! I just wanted her to have a happy life. I’m glad she was able to get help and live a better life after she let things go.

I think this book was very relatable. It’s very difficult dealing with a family member who is mentally ill. Of course it’s very difficult for the person going through but it also really affects the family members who have to deal with it.

A few quotes I felt were relatable:

“It made me invisible in my family”
“The past has a way of sucking us in and holding us there.”

I was so happy with the ending! Lorna wakes up with hope every single morning. Hope for you a good life, hope for laughter and friendship and love. What a beautiful ending and a beautifully written store.

I was able to read this in one day. I couldn’t put it down. I really enjoyed the authors writing.

I would definitely read this again!

Thank you so much NetGalley, Julia and Harper Muse for the E-ARC!

#NetGalley #EverythingisProbablyFine

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Publication: August 12th 2025


I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own!

Of course, not everything is fine with Lorna - hence the rage and leaking tear ducts. And she wasn't very likable in the beginning, but very soon I got her anxiety, could understand her pain and struggles - within no-time I wanted to hug her :)

She held herself responsible for other people's choices and how those had disrupted her life. There is a difference between rationally seeing something or feeling it deep down below, beyond the bomb shelter where Lorna kept her feelings. She was not responsible for the chaos in her life, but how on earth is she gonna convince herself of that?
And of course, lots of people have problems with confidence, even those who don't had that amount of chaos and distrust in their lives. The world being a difficult place currently, so yeah: give yourself a break instead of beating yourself up which is what lots of women to this day and age. For the weirdest of reasons, thinking we are the only one struggling. Let's just say 'normal is a myth,' And because of that, this book is deserves a place on my being-good-enough shelf on Goodreads.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book.