Migrations by Charlotte Mcconaghy
From the bestselling author of Wild Dark Shore comes an epic, moving story of the possibility of hope against all odds and an ode to a disappearing world. ‘An extraordinary novel’ Emily St John Mandel ‘Visceral and haunting’ New York Times Book Review 'It moved me to tears' Claire Daverley A dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive Franny Stone is determined to go to the end of the earth, following the last of the Arctic terns on what may be their final migration to Antarctica. She talks her way onto one of the few remaining boats heading south but as she and the eccentric crew travel further from shore and safety, the dark secrets of Franny's life begin to unspool. Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she is really running towards – and from. ‘Gripping, tender and beautifully done’ Anna Funder ‘True and affecting, elegiac and imminent’ Washington Post ‘Suspenseful and atmospheric’ Vogue READERS LOVE MIGRATIONS: 'Wrenchingly beautiful' 'Visceral, heart-breaking' 'Simply phenomenal' 'Raw and gripping' 'Riveting' 'Here's your next favourite' 'A story...about love, passion, wandering' *Previously published as The Last Migration*
Compulsive stuff, driven at a cracking pace by the power of the elements and the fierce will of its single-minded narrator * Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail *
The Last Migration is as beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever readThis is an extraordinary novel by a wildly talented writer * Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven *
There's a brooding lushness to this novel's prose that belies its stark premise... this keening lament of an adventure is compelling * Hephzibah Anderson, Observer *
An adventure of a wilder sort * Vogue, US *
A fascinating hybrid of nature writing and dystopian fiction... gripping... by merging cli-fi and nature writing, the novel powerfully demonstrates the spiritual and emotional costs of environmental destruction * Economist *
The Last Migration is as beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever readThis is an extraordinary novel by a wildly talented writer * Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven *
There's a brooding lushness to this novel's prose that belies its stark premise... this keening lament of an adventure is compelling * Hephzibah Anderson, Observer *
An adventure of a wilder sort * Vogue, US *
A fascinating hybrid of nature writing and dystopian fiction... gripping... by merging cli-fi and nature writing, the novel powerfully demonstrates the spiritual and emotional costs of environmental destruction * Economist *
Charlotte McConaghy has been writing from a young age. She has both a Graduate Degree in Screenwriting and a Masters Degree in Screen Arts, and has worked in script development for film and television for several years. She has written a number of speculative fiction books but Migrations is her first literary novel, and will be published around the world. She lives in Sydney.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529111866 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529111862 |
| Title | Migrations |
| Author | Charlotte Mcconaghy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2021-07-06 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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