num_pages: 256
description: The contestants of a reality television dating show compete for loveand their livesin this pulse-pounding and viciously funny fiction debut from the GLAAD Award-winning author of Real Queer America.When the final four women in competition for an aloof if somewhat sleazy bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest they mentally prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation invasive interviews and of course the salacious drama that viewers nationwide tune in to eagerly devour. Each woman came on 'The Catch' for her own reasonsbrand sponsorships followers and yes even loveand they've all got their eyes steadfastly trained on their respective prizes.Enter Patricia a temperamental but woefully misunderstood local living alone in the dark verdant woods and desperate to forge a connection of her own. As the contestants perform for the cameras that surround them Patricia watches from her place in the shadows a queer specter haunting the bombastic display of heterosexuality before her. But when the cast and crew at last make her acquaintance atop the island's tallest and most desolate peak they soon realize that if they're to have any hope of making it to the next Elimination Event they'll first have to survive the night.A whirlwind romp careening toward a last-girl-standing conclusion and a scathing indictment of contemporary American media culture Patricia Wants to Cuddle is also a love story: between star-crossed lesbians who rise above their intolerant town a deeply ambivalent woman and her budding self-actualization and a chosen family of misfit islanders forging community against all odds.
language: English
title: Patricia Wants to Cuddle
publisher: Zando