Migrations: A Novel

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"Seasoned narrator Kreinik showcases her prowess as a dialect coach as she embodies McConaghys vast cast...With deft agility Kreinik guides McConaghys spectacular Moby Dick-esque journey towards an all-too imminent dystopia in which humanity faces a future alone." -- Booklist starred review INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Visceral and haunting" (New York Times Book Review) "Hopeful" (Washington Post) "Powerful" (Los Angeles Times) "Thrilling" (TIME) "Tantalizingly beautiful" (Elle) "Suspenseful atmospheric" (Vogue) "Aching and poignant" (Guardian) Franny Stone has always been the kind of woman who is able to love but unable to stay. Leaving behind everything but her research gear she arrives in Greenland with a singular purpose: to follow the last Arctic terns in the world on what might be their final migration to Antarctica. Franny talks her way onto a fishing boat and she and the crew set sail traveling ever further from shore and safety. But as Frannys history begins to unspoola passionate love affair an absent family a devastating crimeit becomes clear that she is chasing more than just the birds. When Frannys dark secrets catch up with her how much is she willing to risk for one more chance at redemption? Epic and intimate heartbreaking and galvanizing Charlotte McConaghys Migrations is an ode to a disappearing world and a breathtaking page-turner about the possibility of hope against all odds. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books "Migrations is a nervy and well-crafted novel one that lingers long after its voyage is over. Its a story about our mingling sorrows both personal and global and the survivors guilt that will be left in their wake." - New York Times Book Review "True and affecting elegiac and imminent...The fractured timeline fills each chapter with suspense and surprises parceled out so tantalizingly that it took disciplined willpower to keep from skipping down each page to see what happens...Ultimately hopeful." - The Washington Post ThrillingIn piecing together who this mysterious protagonist really is McConaghy creates a detailed portrait of a woman on the cusp of collapse consumed with a world that is every bit as broken as she is. - TIME