{"product_id":"binary-star-9781937512255","title":"Binary Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Finalist.\u003cbr\u003e*A Best Book of 2015 \u003c\/strong\u003e--NPR, \u003cem\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Largehearted Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRhythmic, hallucinatory, yet vivid as crystal. Gerard has channeled her trials and tribulations into a work of heightened reality, one that sings to the lonely gravity of the human body. --NPR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe language of the stars is the language of the body. Like a star, the anorexic burns fuel that isn't replenished; she is held together by her own gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith luminous, lyrical prose, \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is an impassioned account of a young woman struggling with anorexia and her long-distance, alcoholic boyfriend. On a road-trip circumnavigating the United States, they stumble into a book on veganarchism, and believe they've found a direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is an intense, fast-moving saga of two young lovers and the culture that keeps them sick (or at least inundated with quick-fix solutions); a society that sells diet pills, sleeping pills, magazines that profile celebrities who lose weight or too much weight or put on weight, and books that pimp diet secrets or recipes for success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe particular genius of \u003cem\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/em\u003e is that out of such grim material in constructs beauty. It's like a novel-shaped poem about addiction, codependence and the relentlessness of the everyday, a kind of elegy of emptiness. --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Gerard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eSunshine State\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e critics' choice, the novel \u003ci\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e first fiction prize, and two chapbooks. Her short stories, essays, interviews, and criticism have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals, as well as anthologies. Her paper collages have appeared in \u003ci\u003eHazlitt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBOMB Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEpiphany Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Tokens Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBlue Earth Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRecycle\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of collages and text co-authored with the writer and artist Amy Gall, was published by Pacific in 2018. Her column Mouthful, published by \u003ci\u003eHazlitt\u003c\/i\u003e, explored her relationship with food ten years into recovery from anorexia. She's been supported by scholarships and fellowships from Yaddo, Tin House, PlatteForum, and Ucross.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365600334098,"sku":"9781937512255","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56dacba0-7b83-4ade-9301-a7b71d4f9da0.jpg?v=1728460873","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/binary-star-9781937512255","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}