"I want to be more like the islands themselves: warm, spicy, tolerating storms of rain and wind, beautiful, fertile, changeable, adventurous, enduring."

In this honest and compelling short travel memoir, the author and her partner, Selena, travel to Kauai, Hawaii's garden island, on their first trip as a couple, staying at a New Age-y women's guesthouse. The couple struggle with anger, misunderstandings, and a ghostly presence in the guesthouse that terrifies Selena. Will their trip to Hawaii end up tearing them apart?

West takes us on a colorful, provocative journey of adventure and personal discovery that unlocks truths about the past and ends in a moment of insight about personal relationships.