Shy and idealistic, Esther Chatwin is Australia’s reluctant First Lady. She longs to return to the anonymity of her old life, but her husband’s sudden political success has turned the media spotlight on her. Esther’s only escape is to Gotland, the legendary island in the Baltic Sea that she loves. A special place, it’s also home to the enigmatic sculptor Sven, another idealist with a troubled past.

Even on the other side of the world, deeply private events become everyone’s business, and Esther must find a way to live with
the consequences.

Gotland is a moving and timely fable about what happens when reality confronts idealism, freedom is elusive and change a tantalising dream.