Introverted, cerebral, asthmatic Talent Brubaker's orderly American life is rocked when she wakes up one morning on a strange island, where her first conversation - - with a fish - - has her wondering if she's gone crazy. Bass Mama's sure her friend, Parsnip, has swapped places with Talent, muttering something about consulting the wise ones of an inland country, Brennem Wild. Lemuel, Parsnip's lover, agrees to guide her, but the journey's long; tight-lipped...