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A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER A lusty young woman seeks out experience on a remote Alaskan homestead in this erotic and darkly humorous novel

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Mira is a loner a drop out an obsessive fascinated by the concept of sleaze She wants two things to move to Alaska and find the tattooed fisherman thats the object of her desire Her singlemindedness takes her to the remote Kodiak Archipelago where she finds work at a homesteadturnedtouristlodge offering a carousel of meticulously scripted Alaskan experiences

But the lodge is failing and as life on Lavender Island becomes increasingly claustrophobic and strange Miras plans for her future become more elaborate and perverse

Part meditation on unhinged longing part biting commentary on ecotourism and the mythology of the American West and part yearning portrayal of people at the end of their tetherThe Seaplane on Final Approachis wholly original a perfect blend of deep dark humor sadness and of course adolescent horniness Literary Hub