The Seaplane On Final Approach

A razor-sharp debut about desire, artifice and dissolution on a remote homestead in Alaska, for fans of Ottessa Moshfegh, Nell Zink and Miranda July.

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.