Here comes Esther. Tall Esther. Big Esther. Esther, the butcher.

Weaned on aspic and sausage, she has strong thighs and a short skirt. She loves her body.

She lives in a small town built around a meat factory, in the way other towns are built around a river. She has a natural talent for butchery and works at the slaughterhouse. She loves her job.

Life is simple and beautiful. There is only one thing missing: a child.

The whole town knows: Esther and her husband, an inseminator at the town's pig farm, are trying for a baby. But is there a bump under that coat? No, not yet.

As the town pulses with rumour and Esther burns with an as yet unfulfilled desire for a baby, she grows to understand the secret power of her body. Her flesh is not weak, and her spirit is even stronger.

Already an international sensation, this darkly comic, truly touching, gleefully grotesque modern fairy tale about meat production and human reproduction announces the arrival of Niskavaara's extraordinary voice.