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'On the afternoon that Esther Wilding drove homeward along the coast, a year after her sister had walked into the sea and disappeared, the light was painfully golden.'
The last time Esther Wilding's beloved older sister Aura was seen, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of Aura's disappearance, Esther's family struggles to live with their loss. To seek the truth about her sister's death, Esther reluctantly travels from Lutruwita, Tasmania, to Copenhagen, and then to the Faroe Islands, following the trail of the stories Aura left behind: seven fairytales about selkies, swans and women, alongside cryptic verses Aura wrote and had secretly tattooed on her body
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is a sweeping, deeply beautiful and profoundly moving novel about the far-reaches of sisterly love, the power of wearing your heart on your skin, and the ways life can transform when we find the courage to feel the fullness of both grief and joy.
'On the afternoon that Esther Wilding drove homeward along the coast, a year after her sister had walked into the sea and disappeared, the light was painfully golden.'
The last time Esther Wilding's beloved older sister Aura was seen, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of Aura's disappearance, Esther's family struggles to live with their loss. To seek the truth about her sister's death, Esther reluctantly travels from Lutruwita, Tasmania, to Copenhagen, and then to the Faroe Islands, following the trail of the stories Aura left behind: seven fairytales about selkies, swans and women, alongside cryptic verses Aura wrote and had secretly tattooed on her body
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is a sweeping, deeply beautiful and profoundly moving novel about the far-reaches of sisterly love, the power of wearing your heart on your skin, and the ways life can transform when we find the courage to feel the fullness of both grief and joy.
From international bestselling author Holly Ringland comes a haunting and magical story about joy, grief, courage and transformation.
Holly Ringland is an Australian writer, creative writing Phd
researcher, speaker, traveller and advocate of stories for
change.
Holly grew up barefoot and wild in her mother's tropical garden on
the east coast of Australia. Her interest in cultures and stories
was sparked by a two-year journey her family took in North America
when she was nine years old, living in a camper van and travelling
from one national park to another. In her twenties, Holly worked
for four years in a remote Indigenous community in the central
Australian desert. Moving to England in 2009, Holly obtained her MA
in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester. Her essays
and short fiction have been published in various anthologies and
literary journals. She now lives between the UK and Australia. To
any question ever asked of Holly about growing up, writing has
always been the answer. Emmanuelle is best known for playing Marnie
in the International Emmy Kids Award-nominated ABC teen series
Mustangs FC, and has also appeared in Miss Fisher’s Murder
Mysteries (ABC) and Clickbait (Netflix). While studying her
Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT, Emmanuelle is attending the Part
Time Ensemble Program at 16th Street Actors Studio and has also
completed the Professional Youth Program at the Howard Fine Acting
Studio. In 2016, she was the winner of Sport for Jove’s NSW
Shakespeare Carnival and participated in the NSW Arts Unit State
Drama Festival.
'Another spell is cast by Holly Ringland. I was swept away by this
triumphant and luminous story.'
*Myfanwy Jones, Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisted author of
Leap*
'Astonishing in its scope, detail and sensitivity, The Seven Skins
of Esther Wilding is tender, magical, epic, funny and devastating.
This is a very special writer at her best.'
*Kate Leaver, author of The Friendship Cure*
'Lush, powerful … an engrossing novel imbued with passion and
reverence for the Australian natural world.' (on The Lost Flowers
of Alice Hart)
*Books+Publishing*
'Ringland’s storytelling is driven by an undimmed sense of wonder
at the darkness and light, the damage and love in people.' (on The
Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
*The Sydney Morning Herald*
'Domestic violence and the lies that surround it – rarely is the
topic explored in such a beautifully written, hopeful and
enthralling tale.' (on The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
*The Herald Sun*
'At its heart, this book is about finding a way to care for
yourself, in a world that sometimes likes to step on its flowers.'
(on The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
*The Courier Mail*
'There’s an aching heart beating through Holly Ringland’s narrative
… A vivid and brave tale of love, loss and inner power.' (on The
Lost Flowers of Alice Hart)
*The Australian Women's Weekly*
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