{"product_id":"9781460759387_the-seven-skins-of-esther-wilding-the-bestselling-uplifting-emotional-novel-from-the-beloved-international-author-of-the-lost-flowers-of-alice-hart","title":"The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding: The bestselling uplifting emotional novel from the beloved international author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling novel from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart\u003c\/em\u003e, a haunting and magical novel about joy, grief, courage, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'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.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 fairy tales about selkies, swans and women, alongside cryptic verses Aura wrote and had secretly tattooed on her body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Seven Skins of Esther Wilding\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Vivid and soaring ... \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eThe Seven Skins of Esther Wilding\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting story of trauma and redemption that is nonetheless compelling and accessible. It's a great recommendation for fans of Vanessa Diffenbaugh's \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eThe Language of Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e or Elizabeth Gilbert's \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eThe Signature of All Things\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as Ringland's debut \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart\u003c\/em\u003e' Books+Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Like the best books, \u003cem\u003eThe Seven Skins of Esther Wilding \u003c\/em\u003eis ultimately a story about love. Ringland is a virtuoso of fairytale storytelling for adults.' \u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A mythological journey as much as an unfolding mystery, full of symbols ... a magical, witchy, quirky, luminous book, full of the natural world, the night sky and the ever-changing water around the islands on which it is set.' \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This intercontinental journey into joy, grief, nature and magic confirms Holly Ringland as one of Australia's most precious, life-changing storytellers.' Booktopia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fans of Holly Ringland's beautiful first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart\u003c\/em\u003e, will fall equally in love with her second.' \u003cem\u003eThe West Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Myths and legends are the touchstone to truth in this epic journey through love, loss, courage and kinship. But \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eThe Seven Skins of Esther Wilding \u003c\/em\u003eis also an elegant and mesmerising tribute to the places that hold our stories, heart and memories. Holly Ringland writes with such tenderness, wit and imagination about all these things that it's impossible to come away from this magical story unchanged' Sally Piper, author of \u003cem style=\"font-size: 1em; letter-spacing: 0em;\"\u003eBone Memories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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 for \u003cem\u003eLeap\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nobody writes about the pain of being alive more deftly than Holly Ringland. She brings such empathy to the topics of grief, love, family conflict and loss. Some of her sentences took my breath away, and I found myself madly flicking pages, days later, to find them again for safekeeping. Astonishing in its scope, detail and sensitivity, \u003cem\u003eThe Seven Skins of Esther Wilding\u003c\/em\u003e is tender, magical, epic, funny and devastating. This is a very special writer at her best' - Kate Leaver, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Friendship Cure\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holly Ringland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46905594249365,"sku":"9781460759387","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460759387.jpg?v=1776890084","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460759387_the-seven-skins-of-esther-wilding-the-bestselling-uplifting-emotional-novel-from-the-beloved-international-author-of-the-lost-flowers-of-alice-hart","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}