The Seaplane on Final Approach

I didn't realize how much I needed this lusty, funny, heart-breaking bookuntil I devoured it in a single sitting ... A sharp, flawless debut' - Carmen MariaMachado, author of Her Body and Other Parties

Mira, a young woman fascinated with sleaze, finds work on a remote Alaskan island atthe far edges of the Kodiak archipelago. The Lavender Island Wilderness Lodge, run bythe indomitable Maureen and her gregarious husband Lew, is a converted homesteadthat sells its international guests a fantasy - a taste of life on the untamed frontier.

But the pristine natural beauty of Alaska soon reveals a wilderness of conflicted humandesire and, as Mira nurses an erotic obsession, the other residents of Lavender Islandare making plans and taking steps that will tear apart the island's seeming paradise.

'An astounding debut: original and adventurous, horny and hilarious - it's everything I want from a book.' - Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch