About Desire in the Boat

Episode 12 of 30 of Desire in the Boat. Irene, who came from a humble background, marries David, an older ecology professor, and becomes his wife and assistant within their middle-class household. During a rainforest research expedition aboard a ship, she falls into a forbidden entanglement with Martin, her husband’s eighteen-year-old younger brother, amid the cramped, turbulent vessel. Overwhelming desire is tangled with guilt and inner turmoil. After the… More about Desire in the Boat →