<p>''We have a new <i>The Handmaid''s Tale</i>... an exciting new literary voice with a dazzling imagination'' EMMA KENNEDY<br><i>''</i>Compelling, menacing and ultimately uplifting, I fell headlong into the world of Body of Stars<i>'' </i>SARAH WARD<br>''Rapturously written and wildly original, Laura Maylene Walter''s debut novel maps the dreams and nightmares of girlhood'' EMILYY SCHULTZ<br>''What a gift Laura Maylene Walter has given us in Body of Stars'' ANNE VALENTE<br><br><br><b><i>No future, dear reader, can break a woman on its own</i></b><br><br>A bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world where women own the future but not their own bodies. <br><br>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.<br><br>The possibilities are tantalising enough for Celeste''s exci