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The Last Migration

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ISBN: 9781784743185
AuthorMcConaghy, Charlotte
Pub Date28/01/2021
BindingTrade PB
Pages272
CountryGBR
Dewey823.92
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Quick overview The Last Migration is a wild, gripping and deeply moving novel from a brilliant young writer. From the west coast of Ireland to Australia and remote Greenland, through crashing Atlantic swells to the bottom of the world, this is an ode to the wild places and creatures now threatened, and an epic story of the possibility of hope against all odds.
€14.68

A dark past.

An impossible journey. The will to survive.

How far you would you go for love? 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.

As animal populations plummet and commercial fishing faces prohibition, Franny 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.

A daughter's yearning search for her mother. An impulsive, passionate marriage. A shocking crime.

Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she is really running towards - and from.

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A dark past.

An impossible journey. The will to survive.

How far you would you go for love? 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.

As animal populations plummet and commercial fishing faces prohibition, Franny 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.

A daughter's yearning search for her mother. An impulsive, passionate marriage. A shocking crime.

Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she is really running towards - and from.

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