This collection invites you to meet more than 40 individual women, both real and imagined, whom you could long to know as each moves through her own life's dance. From the glamorous Shelagh to mining prospector Eira, from accomplished sculptor Anne, to harried young mother Marianne, or new widow Dora to feisty senior Elvira, some achieve clarity and momentary success, others are caught mid-step. Yearning to find their unique rhythms, they are our sisters under the skin.