Sarah Gerard. Two Dollar Radio (Consortium, dist.), $16 trade paper (176p) ISBN 978-1-937512-25-5
A teacher in training struggles with anorexia and a troubled relationship in this fast-moving debut novel in verse by Gerard (author of the chapbook Things I Told My Mother). The unnamed narrator, who weighs 98 pounds at the story's outset, thinks...
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Sarah Gerard. Harper Perennial, $15.99 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-243487-6
Brave, keenly observational, and humanitarian, Gerard’s (Binary Star) collection of essays illuminates the stark realities of Florida’s Gulf Coast. With a mixture of investigative journalism and firsthand experience, she brings to life outspoken...
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Sarah Gerard. Harper, $25.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-293743-8
Gossip, sexual desire, and the uncompromising economics for aspiring artists guide the action in Gerard’s lurid, captivating tale (after the essay collection Sunshine State). Nina Wicks, a 20-something writer with an eating disorder and pill...
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Sarah Gerard. Conium, $12 trade paper (64p) ISBN 978-1-942387-19-0
A couple retreats from gloomy Brooklyn to a sunny house down south in the playful and thoughtful latest from Gerard (True Love). It’s spring, and the unnamed girlfriend is on a break from her graduate studies in psychology, while the boyfriend has a
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Sarah Gerard. Zando, $28 (368p) ISBN 978-1-63893-046-4
In this wrenching blend of memoir and true crime, novelist Gerard (True Love) unpacks the murder of her friend, Carolyn Bush, through conversations with the friends and family of both the victim and her killer. In 2016, the 25-year-old Bush was...
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