Migrations, the debut novel of Australian writer Charlotte McConaghy, is a beautiful, devastating work. For fans of Flight Behavior and Station Eleven, this is a novel set on the brink of catastrophe, as a young woman chases the world’s last birds — and her own final chance for redemption. We’re very excited to welcome not just Charlotte, but also her editor at Flatiron Books, Caroline Bleeke - which will mean that we’ll be treated to a fascinating insight about the process of writing, editing, and publishing a book like this. Migrations was recently voted the #1 Indie Next Pick for August, so booksellers all over the country are as excited about this title as we are!
Here’s the link for free registration to what is going to be an unforgettable virtual event.
Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean’s tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She arrives in remote Greenland with one purpose: to find the world’s last flock of Arctic terns and track their final migration. She convinces Ennis Malone, captain of the Saghani, to take her onboard, winning over his eccentric crew with promises that the birds will lead them to fish.
As the Saghani fights its way south, Franny’s dark history begins to unspool. Battered by night terrors, accumulating a pile of unsent letters, and obsessed with pursuing the terns at any cost, Franny is full of secrets. When her quest threatens the safety of the entire crew, Franny must ask herself what she is really running toward—and running from.
Propelled by a narrator as fierce and fragile as the terns she is following, Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations is both an ode to our threatened world and a breathtaking page-turner about the lengths we will go for the people we love.
Charlotte McConaghy is an author and screenwriter based in Sydney, Australia. Migrations is her U.S. debut.
"As beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever read...Extraordinary." —Emily St. John Mandel
Charlotte’s editor, Caroline Bleeke
