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Praise for Triple Shot Betty:
"Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty is an excellent book about friendship, trust, and love. It is the perfect book for a teenage girl. I couldn't put it down and read it all in one day. The fact that the novel was written in the form of a journal made it even more interesting. The characters are all very easy to relate to and there is a character that could fit any person who reads it. It felt as if I was the main character writing in the journal myself. As Geena Sloane might put it, this was truly a 'fabu' book."
--Flamingnet Youg Adult Book Reviews, Top Choice
"Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty sums up a fun summer romance mixed with something a little edgy: think PEACHES mixed with A BAD BOY CAN BE GOOD FOR A GIRL.Once you're done with this one, pass it on to your friends."
--TeensReadToo, Gold Star Award
Praise for Notes From the Backseat:
NOTES FROM THE BACKSEAT
"This is a wonderfully entertaining novel about one woman's frantic quest...Gehrman's fast-paced, journal-style writing will engage readers."
--RT Book Club Magazine
Praise for Tart:
"Jody Gehrman writes with a poet's vigilance and a comic's wit, both steeped in deep affection for her characters. In between laughing breaks, you'll appreciate the keen eye Gehrman trains on life's small, fine, bitter moments. Tart is aptly named."
--Kim Green, author of PAGING APHRODITE
"Tart is a gem of a book--tender, wise, funny, and so engrossing you'll want to devour it in one sitting."
--Sarah Bird, author of The Yokota Officers Club
"Tart is an exquisitely written and deliciously witty treat."
--Sarah Mlynowski, author of Bras and Broomsticks
Praise for Summer in the Land of Skin:
"A beautifully written page turner about love and music." --Lisa Tucker
"Poignant and affecting, Gehrman's debut is brimming with vivid characters and lyrical prose. Like all good summers, you don't want it to end."
--Lynn Messina, author of Fashionistas
From Booklist:
Anna Medina, 25 is feeling suicidal when she impulsively leaves her San Francisco home for Seattle to track down her dead father's old guitar-making partner, Elliot Bender. Filled with ambitions to become a luthier herself, Anna is sorely disappointed to find Bender unwilling to take up his old trade, or talk about her father's life before he killed himself. Unwilling to go back home, Anna stays in the "Land of Skin" and is soon living with a young couple. The woman, Lucy, is mercurial, beautiful, and fully aware of the power she has over others. Her boyfriend, Arlan, is a handsome, magnetic guitar player to whom Anna is immediately attracted. As the summer progresses, Anna is able to inspire Bender to confront the past that she longs to hear about as she constantly assesses her up-and-down friendship with the difficult Lucy and her growing feelings for Arlan. Gehrman's writing is crisp, her observations astute, and her story utterly absorbing and affecting.
From Publisher's Weekly:
Gehrman's debut skillfully draws the reader into the mind of 25-year-old, emotionally stunted Anna Medina and the universe of damaged folks she encounters in her attempts to "kill [her] father" ("He's dead, but he needs to die a little more") and heal the pain left by his suicide. Chet Medina was a luthier who sold his guitars to Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia; Anna, whose version of living has been observing neighbors through binoculars, decides to go to Bellingham, Wash., to find her father's old guitar-making partner and see if he can help--i.e., take her on as an apprentice and tell her about her celebrated, distant father. She is taken in by self-destructive, beautiful Lucy and her quiet, distant boyfriend, Arlan, near the "Land of Skin," a street corner where the faintest hint of sunlight brings out "half-naked natives." Her new friends fight, drink and smoke themselves into a chaotic spiral, and as Anna witnesses their pain and joy she begins to feel alive herself. Gehrman's portrait of a woman deadened from years of grief awakening to a world of emotional risk skillfully avoids maudlin sentiment or hollow histrionics. Her characters are confused, believable and utterly human, which is one of the main reasons the book strikes so many lonely, bewildered and true note.