{"product_id":"binary-star-sarah-gerard-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\u003e\"Rhythmic, 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\u003e\"The 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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Gerard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937512258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937512255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Dollar Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2015 pg. 34","brand":"Sarah Gerard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994453508351,"sku":"9781937512255","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8decff02-20bd-4e26-9c90-bb53be91f879.jpg?v=1683330246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/binary-star-sarah-gerard-9781937512255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}