âItâs impossible to come away from this magical story unchangedâ Sally Piper
âRichly immersive. A mysterious and magical journey through loss and griefâ Fiona Valpy
The last time Esther Wildingâs beloved older sister Aura was seen, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of Auraâs disappearance, Estherâs family struggles to live with their loss.
To seek the truth about her sisterâs death, Esther reluctantly travels from Tasmania to Copenhagen, and then to the Faroe Islands. On her journey, Esther is guided by the stories Aura left behind in her treasured journal; seven fairy tales about selkies, swans and women, alongside cryptic verses Aura wrote and had secretly tattooed on her body.
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is about the far-reaches of sisterly love, the power of wearing your heart on your skin and the way life can transform when we find the courage to feel the fullness of both grief and joy.
âI was swept away by this triumphant and luminous storyâ Myfanwy Jones
âAstonishing in its scope, detail and sensitivity... tender, magical, epic, funny and devastatingâ Kate Leaver
âHolly Ringland creates expansive, magical worlds in her novels and packs them full of loveâ Victoria Hannan
âRingland is a virtuoso of fairytale storytelling for adultsâ Sydney Morning Herald
âVivid and soaring... a haunting story of trauma and redemptionâ Books+Publishing
âA beautiful story⊠with shimmering layers of age-old stories and rituals from indigenous Australia and Scandinaviaâ The Yorkshire Times