When absolute order collides with absolute chaos, even the finest Persian rugs aren't safe. Sally Upton is a woman with a vision-and zero spatial awareness. Armed with an unshakeable determination and crates of cobalt-blue botanical elixirs, the former button-clerk turned "formulationist" is determined to bring wellness to the Ozarks. Ernest Bogus, on the other hand, lives by a strict code: Total Parallel Integrity. As a hotelier who audits his lobby with a draftsman's ruler and defends face-stabbing eiderdown pillows as an "active sleep experience," Ernest has built a sanctuary of rigid, mahogany-bound perfection. Then Sally arrives. When Sally's whirlwind of unyielding enthusiasm crashes into Ernest's meticulously aligned world, the result is a catastrophic trail of ruined petticoats, Ozark red clay, and spilled mint elixir across his pristine guest ledger. Filled with high-society melodrama, structural drama, and over-the-top decorum, Whirlwind at Mockingbird Aerie is a delightfully theatrical Victorian romance parody that proves even the most rigid order is no match for a little chaotic magic.
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