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'Southwest Britain, AD 43.
'For the people of Caer Cad, ‘skin’ is their belief, their greeting, their ancestors, their land.
'Ailia does not have skin. Abandoned at birth, she serves the Tribequeen of her township. Ailia is forbidden to marry, left out of tribal ceremonies and, most devastatingly, barred from attending lessons. But an encounter with a mysterious fish sets her on another path. The Mothers, the tribal ancestors, have chosen her to become their highest knowledge-bearer—the Kendra.
'Lured by the beautiful and enigmatic Taliesin, who appears to her as both man and fish, Ailia embarks on an unsanctioned journey to attain the knowledge that will protect her people from the most terrifying invaders they have ever faced.
'Set in Iron-Age Britain, on the cusp of Roman invasion, Skin is a thrilling, full-blooded, mesmerizing novel about the collision of two worlds, and a young woman torn between two men.' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For Adam, Amaya and Toby
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2015; (p. 33)
— Review of Skin 2015 single work novel ; The Anchoress 2015 single work novel -
Review : Skin
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2015; (p. 44)
— Review of Skin 2015 single work novel -
Old Sects and the Single Girl
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 2015; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Anchoress 2015 single work novel ; Skin 2015 single work novel
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Old Sects and the Single Girl
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 14-15 March 2015; (p. 20-21)
— Review of The Anchoress 2015 single work novel ; Skin 2015 single work novel -
Review : Skin
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , March 2015; (p. 44)
— Review of Skin 2015 single work novel -
Well Read
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 April 2015; (p. 33)
— Review of Skin 2015 single work novel ; The Anchoress 2015 single work novel
Awards
- 2016 longlisted Voss Literary Prize
- 2016 shortlisted Australian Publishers Association Awards — APA Book Design Awards designed by Imogen Stubbs
- 2015 finalist Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Novel
- Great Britain,
- 43 CE