“Myths and legends are the touchstone to truth in this epic journey through love, loss, courage, and kinship. But The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is 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 Bone Memories
“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 Leap
“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, 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
“Vivid and soaring ... The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding 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 The Language of Flowers or Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things, as well as Ringland’s debut The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart.” — Books+Publishing
“Through its powerful narrative surrounding grief, The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding reminds us to hold fast to our loved ones and to cherish every moment that we get to experience with them.” — White Wall Review
“A tribute to messy, uncontrollable grief, of making terrible decisions and hurting those around you in your pain, and getting to apologize and think about what healing might look like. Ringland paints Esther’s pain onto the page without judgment.” — The Miramichi Reader
“The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is an enjoyable read infused with folklore, mythology, and mystery … It is a story that is raw and honest, that explores the slippery parts of grief and how love and joy eventually help us resurface from it. Through Esther, Ringland shows us that no one survives grief alone.” — West Trade Review
