''We have a new The Handmaid''s Tale... an exciting new literary voice with a dazzling imagination'' EMMA KENNEDY
''Compelling, menacing and ultimately uplifting, I fell headlong into the world of Body of Stars'' SARAH WARD
''Rapturously written and wildly original, Laura Maylene Walter''s debut novel maps the dreams and nightmares of girlhood'' EMILYY SCHULTZ
''What a gift Laura Maylene Walter has given us in Body of Stars'' ANNE VALENTE
No future, dear reader, can break a woman on its own
A bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world where women own the future but not their own bodies.
Like every woman, Celeste Morton holds a map of the future in her skin, every mole and freckle a clue to unlocking what will come to pass. With puberty comes the changeling period - when her final marks will appear and her future is decided.
The possibilities are tantalising enough for Celeste''s exci