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One of the themes of Sunshine State Sarah Gerards 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

Brave keenly observational and humanitarian&. Gerards collection leaves an indelible impression. Publishers Weekly starred review

These large-hearted meticulous essays offer an uncanny x-ray of our national psyche...? showing us both the grand beauty of our American dreams and the heartbreaking devastation they wreak.?? ?? Garth Greenwell?? author of What Belongs to You

Sarah Gerard follows her breakout novel?? Binary Star?? with the dynamic essay collection Sunshine State?? which explores Florida as a microcosm of the most pressing economic and environmental perils haunting our society.

In the collection??s title essay?? Gerard volunteers at the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary?? a world renowned bird refuge.? There she meets its founder?? who once modeled with a pelican on his arm for a Dewar??s Sco