Binary Star

"In 2012 Sarah Gerard wrote a powerful essay for The New York Times about her experiences with bulimia, anorexia and addiction. It’s a harrowing read, but only half as much so as her debut novel, Binary Star. In it, Gerard’s unnamed, semi-autobiographical protagonist goes on a road trip that’s at first an escape, then an odyssey, then an extended metaphor for a tragic metamorphosis. Gerard has channeled her trials and tribulations into a work of heightened reality, one that sings to the lonely gravity of the human body."