Migrations: Fall reading at its finest

I opened Migrations with anticipation and excitement. I had loved Once There Were Wolves, McConaghy's sophomore novel, I loved it for its prose, its rhythm, its attention to detail and for its setting and the way it handled issues of climate change and the reintegration of the animals on our planet. But, this, this was about SO MUCH MORE.

When we begin reading we believe that this story will be about the last flock of Arctic Terns making their annual migration, but at its core, it is about our main character, Franny Stone. She is flawed, stubborn, born of the ocean and in search of her family, since she was abandoned by her mother and her father is in jail for murder. This story is a maiden's heroes journey. As we read we uncover layer after layer of what Franny's is ultimately searching for; love. In all its forms. I fell in love with Franny, her innocence, her passion, her stead fast desire to accomplish one task; seeing the last migration, no matter what it takes.

What a story... and a plot twist I was not expecting.

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This novel has everything I love about a book, well written and complex characters. Multiple timelines, moving in and out of different time frames, found family, and a journey of discovery. And I cannot say it enough, the writing is spellbinding, and so beautiful, I was marking up pages to return to. Migrations captured my heart, I will read EVERY book that Charlotte McConaghy writes.