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This is the fourth foray into the author's life experiences and this time the family unexpectedly fly across the Atlantic to spend a glorious time in Florida. It was unexpected because when they went to book the holiday their intended destination was Egypt! Florida was booked as a once-in-a-lifetime holiday but they all loved it so much that they returned every year for over twenty years, until Borry became too unwell to travel such a distance. Borry relates tales of the mountains of food, travel and getting lost, villas vs. hotels and of course the wonderful attractions. Welcome to the trans-Atlantic fun!
The brightest stars in mystery writing take on Florida--the state where no crime is too unusual and no criminal too peculiar to be impossible--in this anthology offering stories of pristine white sands and palm trees, snowbirds and theme parks, mangroves and manatees, pirates and policemen--from the redneck Riviera to the southernmost point of the United States.
It Happened in Florida takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of thirty of the most compelling episodes from the Sunshine State's vibrant past.
Sunshine. Hurricanes. Disney. Alligators. Space. Pythons. Beaches. All are evocative of modern Florida: a mix of endless summer and destructive storms, amusement parks and deadly predators, invasive species and gateways to the final frontier. This is Florida today. This is a collection of stories about the Sunshine State. From Miami to Jacksonville, Melbourne to Tampa, Orlando to Tallahassee, Florida is more than citrus, swamps, and mosquitos. It's about living the good life!
Eight spooky short stories from the creepy to the macabre set in the Sunshine State. In Florida, the scariest things come out in the daylight.
This collection of four inspirational romances in one volume will touch the hearts of readers.
Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay • Finalist for the Southern Book Prize A New York Times Critics’ Best Books of the Year • An NPR Best Book of the Year • A NYLON Best Nonfiction Book of the Year • A Buzzfeed Best Nonfiction Book of the Year • An Entrophy Magazine Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year • A Brooklyn Rail Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year • A Baltimore Beat Best Book of the Year A Paris Review Staff Pick • A Chicago Tribune Exciting Book for 2017 • A Rolling Stone Culture Index Reccomendation • A Buzzfeed Most Exciting Book for 2017 • A The Millions Great 2017 Book Preview Pick • A Huffington Post 2017 Preview Pick • A NYLON Best 10 Books of the Month • A Lit Hub 15 Books to Read This Month A Poets & Writers New and Noteworth Selection • A PW Top 10 Spring Pick in Essays & Literary Criticism • An Emma Straub Reccomendation on PBS “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 researched history…. A nuanced and subtly intimate mosaic… her writing, lucid yet atmospheric, takes on a timeless ebb and flow.” — Jason Heller, NPR.org "Stunning." — Rolling Stone “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 Scotch campaign but has since declined into a pit of fraud and madness. He becomes our embezzling protagonist whose tales about the birds he “rescues” never quite add up. Gerard’s personal stories are no less eerie or poignant: An essay that begins as a look at Gerard’s first relationship becomes a heart-wrenching exploration of acquaintance rape and consent. An account of intimate female friendship pivots midway through, morphing into a meditation on jealousy and class. With the personal insight of The Empathy Exams, the societal exposal of Nickel and Dimed, and the stylistic innovation and intensity of her own break-out debut novel Binary Star, Sarah Gerard’s Sunshine State uses the intimately personal to unearth the deep reservoirs of humanity buried in the corners of our world often hardest to face.
An anthology of the best Florida writers and photographers