Sky Daddy

'A full-throttle thrill: strap in!' Daily Mail A CLASSIC STORY OF GIRL MEETS PLANE. A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, VOX, OPRAH DAILY, VULTURE, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, ELECTRIC LIT, DEBUTIFUL, BOOK RIOT, PEN AMERICA , AND THE SKINNY 'Batty and brilliant' THE TIMES 'Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird' RACHEL YODER, author of NIGHTBITCH 'Wonderfully weird and worryingly convincing' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author of THE EXHIBITIONIST ' A little bit JG Ballard, a little bit Ottessa Moshfegh' DAILY MAIL Linda tries her best to lead a normal life. But once a month she escapes to the airport to secretly indulge in her true passion: Linda is sexually attracted to planes, and believes it is her destiny to someday marry one by dying in a fiery crash. When the opportunity arises to hasten her romantic fate, Linda must choose between the trappings of an ordinary life and succumbing to her deepest desires. 'A dog whistle for the true freaks - never have I felt so seen! I loved it' RITA BULLWINKEL, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted HEADSHOT Fasten your seatbelts, and get ready for this year's wildest ride 'I've never related more to a fictional character' Amazon reviewer, 'Best book I've read in a few years!' Amazon reviewer, 'I hate how much I love this book' Amazon reviewer, 'Weird and different and clever and beautiful and moving and funny and I honestly can't recommend it enough' Amazon reviewer, 'It rearranged my brain a little bit' Amazon reviewer, 'The most surprising read of the year so far . . . embrace the weirdness' Amazon reviewer, 'Weird, but in amazing ways' Amazon reviewer,

'A full-throttle thrill: strap in!' Daily Mail A CLASSIC STORY OF GIRL MEETS PLANE. A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN TIME, VOX, OPRAH DAILY, VULTURE, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, ELECTRIC LIT, DEBUTIFUL, BOOK RIOT, PEN AMERICA , AND THE SKINNY 'Batty and brilliant' THE TIMES 'Surprisingly tender. Deliciously weird' RACHEL YODER, author of NIGHTBITCH 'Wonderfully weird and worryingly convincing' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON, author of THE EXHIBITIONIST ' A little bit JG Ballard, a little bit Ottessa Moshfegh' DAILY MAIL Linda tries her best to lead a normal life. But once a month she escapes to the airport to secretly indulge in her true passion: Linda is sexually attracted to planes, and believes it is her destiny to someday marry one by dying in a fiery crash. When the opportunity arises to hasten her romantic fate, Linda must choose between the trappings of an ordinary life and succumbing to her deepest desires. 'A dog whistle for the true freaks - never have I felt so seen! I loved it' RITA BULLWINKEL, author of the Booker Prize-longlisted HEADSHOT Fasten your seatbelts, and get ready for this year's wildest ride 'I've never related more to a fictional character' Amazon reviewer, 'Best book I've read in a few years!' Amazon reviewer, 'I hate how much I love this book' Amazon reviewer, 'Weird and different and clever and beautiful and moving and funny and I honestly can't recommend it enough' Amazon reviewer, 'It rearranged my brain a little bit' Amazon reviewer, 'The most surprising read of the year so far . . . embrace the weirdness' Amazon reviewer, 'Weird, but in amazing ways' Amazon reviewer,

"[A] bizarre and endearing debut . . . We can't remember the last time we met a character this singular or read a book this funny."-- Oprah Daily (Best New Books to Read This Spring) "Sleek and darkly comical . . . with the melancholic wit and whimsy of Miranda July." --The Boston Globe Cross the jet bridge with Linda, a frequent flyer with an unusual obsession, in this "audaciously imagined and surprisingly tender" (Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch ) debut novel by the acclaimed author of Out There. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, Oprah Daily, Vulture, Publishers Weekly, Electric Lit, Debutiful, Book Riot, The Skinny - LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Linda is doing her best to lead a life that would appear normal to the casual observer. Weekdays, she earns $20 an hour moderating comments for a video-sharing platform, then rides the bus home to the windowless garage she rents on the outskirts of San Francisco. But on the last Friday of each month, she indulges her true passion, taking BART to SFO for a round-trip flight to a regional hub. The destination is irrelevant, because each trip means a new date with a handsome stranger--a stranger whose intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages, and powerful engines make Linda feel a way that no human ever could. . . . Linda knows that she can't tell anyone she's sexually obsessed with planes. Nor can she reveal her belief that it's her destiny to "marry" one of her suitors, uniting with her soulmate plane for eternity. But when an opportunity arises to hasten her dream of eternal partnership, and the carefully balanced elements of her life begin to spin out of control, she must choose between maintaining the trappings of normalcy and launching herself headlong toward the love she's always dreamed of. Both subversive and unexpectedly heartwarming, Sky Daddy hijacks the classic love story, exploring desire, fate, and the longing to be accepted for who we truly are.

"[A] bizarre and endearing debut . . . We can't remember the last time we met a character this singular or read a book this funny."-- Oprah Daily (Best New Books to Read This Spring) "Sleek and darkly comical . . . with the melancholic wit and whimsy of Miranda July." --The Boston Globe Cross the jet bridge with Linda, a frequent flyer with an unusual obsession, in this "audaciously imagined and surprisingly tender" (Rachel Yoder, author of Nightbitch ) debut novel by the acclaimed author of Out There. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, Oprah Daily, Vulture, Publishers Weekly, Electric Lit, Debutiful, Book Riot, The Skinny - LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Linda is doing her best to lead a life that would appear normal to the casual observer. Weekdays, she earns $20 an hour moderating comments for a video-sharing platform, then rides the bus home to the windowless garage she rents on the outskirts of San Francisco. But on the last Friday of each month, she indulges her true passion, taking BART to SFO for a round-trip flight to a regional hub. The destination is irrelevant, because each trip means a new date with a handsome stranger--a stranger whose intelligent windscreens, sleek fuselages, and powerful engines make Linda feel a way that no human ever could. . . . Linda knows that she can't tell anyone she's sexually obsessed with planes. Nor can she reveal her belief that it's her destiny to "marry" one of her suitors, uniting with her soulmate plane for eternity. But when an opportunity arises to hasten her dream of eternal partnership, and the carefully balanced elements of her life begin to spin out of control, she must choose between maintaining the trappings of normalcy and launching herself headlong toward the love she's always dreamed of. Both subversive and unexpectedly heartwarming, Sky Daddy hijacks the classic love story, exploring desire, fate, and the longing to be accepted for who we truly are.