Booktopia-s 2022 Book of the Year-It-s impossible to come away from this magical story unchanged- Sally Piper
-Richly immersive. A mysterious and magical journey through loss and grief- Fiona Valpy
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 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 full
