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This book captured me! So refreshing in a time of fear and uncertainty. The heroine is passionate about life and especially birds. As a birder, I shared her wonder and curiosity. It is a true joy to read! READ THIS BOOK!!! You will be so glad you did!

Migrations is a compelling story of the possible future of wildlife extinction. As Franny follows the last of the Arctic Terns during their migration we are drawn into her past story and yet apprehensive of her current journey. The descriptions of Franny's surroundings are particularly beautiful and so vivid as to bring you right there with Franny feeling the coldness of the ocean or seeing the birds in the sky. The author's spare and elegant writing style makes reading this book a true joy.

McConaghy writes a poignant tale of two intersecting and courageous journeys, one of bird, the other human. Written with profound insight, Migrations tells the story of Franny Stone's quest to follow the endangered Arctic tern migration from Greenland to the Wendall Sea near the Antarctic Peninsula. While following this fragile yet indomitable bird on the longest migration of any animal, Franny's quest to calm her inner turmoil and find closure is as harrowing as her time at sea. With well-crafted parallels and polarities, Migrations makes you think and feel, and stays with you long after reading the last word. You must make this journey!

It has been awhile since I read a book that thoroughly captured me, but with "Migrations" I found that delight in reading again. The protagonist, Franny Stone, is intense, honest with herself and others and yet flawed in some ways. She is a very believable heroine. Her passion for all living things, especially birds, is all encompassing. However, her relationship with humans is complicated.

Franny's world is changing quickly; many of her beloved birds are becoming rapidly rare and even extinct. The reader follows Franny as she attempts to follow migrating terns to Antarctica. Along the way we learn about her past life and what made Franny the passionate and complicated woman that she is. If you want a great read with a lot of nuanced characters READ THIS NOVEL!

This may be my favorite book this year! Beautiful language describing hope and despair in a future world that has lost most of its wild life. As Franny navigates her own last migration following the last migratory bird, the Arctic Tern, her life and love unfolds through her letters to Niall and her relationship with the crew of the Saghani. Her journey is harrowing and heroic. Spirits in despair can find each other, form a bond and save each other.

Wow! What a good read. At first I thought it would be a little bit depressing for these days: Mass extinction, climate disruption, the end of the wild. But no, not at all! The story of Franny and her search for the last of the arctic terns was engrossing. Had me hooked and wouldn't let go.Franny enlist the captain and crew of the Saghani to help her follow the migration of the last of the arctic terns. Franny has some motives of her own and a bit of a dark past, and I won't say any more you just have to read it! Another gem delivered by BookBrowse by a new author to me!

Perfect novel for today's discussions about climate control and wildlife extention. The characters were well-written and developed throughout the story. The main character, Franny, was obsessive and determined in her manipulation to achieve a tribute to her husband, Niall. Throughout her journey, she is haunted by her past traumas. The imagery was well-written and it made the reader feel they were actually on this ship journey with the crew experiencing the rough seas and human toll. The ending was a surprise for me. This is a book I would highly recommend and it is sure to be a bookclub favorite. So many facets for discussion.

In the not too distant future, all the wild animals are extinct, the oceans are overfished to depletion and only a few Arctic terns remain of the thousands of avian species that once flew in the skies over Planet Earth. This is the setting for Charlotte McConaghy's superb new novel Migrations.

We follow the main character, Franny Lynch, on her journey to track the last Arctic terns on their final migration. Franny is a memorable character--self-destructive and passionate with a genetic predisposition to wander. From the time she convinces a sea captain to use his fishing vessel to track the terns, Migrations quickly becomes a wild adventure story. Under that excitement, however, we hear the drumbeat of extinction--not only for the birds but for the entire planet and all its inhabitants.

This is a beautifully written novel. The author presents a clear vision of what we can expect when unlimited greed and total disregard for our universal interconnectedness are allowed free rein. Highly recommended.