The last migration / Charlotte McConaghy.
Publication details: Melbourne, VIC : Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia, 2020.Description: 260 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781760893316
- 1760893315
- Bookclub collection
- Arctic tern
- Environmental degradation
- Ocean travel
- Secrecy
- Self-realization in women
- Women scientists
- Terns -- Migration -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Women scientists -- Fiction
- Self-realization in women -- Fiction
- Environmental degradation -- Fiction
- Arctic tern -- Fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Ocean travel -- Fiction
- A823.4 23
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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.