ESSAY. A sharp, richly detailed autopsy of a troubled and complex friendship between the narrator and a girl who’s slipped into another life. (2015, Guillotine)
A lurid red heart wrapped in barbed wire. – The New York Times
Having the perspective to look back at the relationships that impacted you is a gift. Taking ownership of where you failed and the ability to see the other side, builds you into the person you deserve to be. Introspective. Self-aware. Emotionally generous. We’ve all written a letter we didn’t send. BFF is one that you’ll wish you had penned. – The Rumpus
The narrative [of BFF] extends beyond itself and exposes the nature of young and volatile friendships; the way in which they often begin from a sort of convenience, the ways in which we become softly intimate with each other, the ways we love deeply without trust; vulnerability and wariness often existing simultaneously. – Hobart
Behold, a short text on friendship – specifically on best friendship. Gerard writes to her past BFF, wrenchingly honest about the conflicting love and resentment felt towards her. This is a book on the emotional relationships that we carry with those who we were once, but no longer, so close to. – Largehearted Boy
As with all of Gerard’s work, the prose is immediate, intimate, and harrowing. – Volume 1 Brooklyn
Watch the trailer for Lily Baldwin‘s film BFF, inspired by the book, and read her interview about it in Ravelin.