Sunshine State: Essays [Paperback]

Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay

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“One of the themes of ‘Sunshine State,’ Sarah Gerard’s striking book of essays, is how Florida can unmoor you and make you reach for shoddy, off-the-shelf solutions to your psychic unease…. The first essay is a knockout, a lurid red heart wrapped in barbed wire.... This essay draws blood.”   — Dwight Garner,New York Times

Unflinchingly candid memoir bolstered by thoughtfully researclq