{"product_id":"9781953387554","title":"Binary Star","description":"\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e First Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA new paperback edition of the debut novel by award-winning author, Sarah Gerard—an intense, elegiac portrait of two young lovers as they battle personal afflictions and traverse the American countryside.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFeatures a new introduction by Catherine Lacey.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"A bold, beautiful novel about wanting to disappear and almost succeeding. Sarah Gerard writes about love and loneliness in a new and brilliantly visceral way.\" —Jenny Offill\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith luminous, lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBinary Star\u003c\/i\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.","brand":"Sarah Gerard","offers":[{"title":"Seven Stories Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-05-05","offer_id":47340707545343,"sku":"9781953387554","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e8e71738-c0b6-4bfc-bcf5-2690b90c31c0.jpg?v=1760024863","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781953387554","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}