Publisher's Synopsis
Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright believes he has everything he ever wanted: a ramshackle house, several manly power tools, a cat, a grand piano and a vintage aircraft. Three unfulfilled wishes from his childhood begin to haunt him. He wants to grow one perfect potato. He wants to know how it feels to fly a Spitfire. And, more than anything, he wants to meet his soulmate. Michael Wright's heartwarming new book reveals how a solitary man can learn to accept being single Or so he thinks, until a magic alligator, a bumptious American labrador and the perils of landing a light aircraft conspire to offer a glimpse of a romance that promises to turn his whole world upside-down.
