Bøger af Charlotte McConaghy

Kærlighed, sorg og stor natur mødes i romanen Til verdens ende, hvor en ung kvindelig ornitolog begiver sig ud på en skæbnesvanger rejse fra Grønland til Antarktis.Hovedpersonen Franny har altid været drevet af rastløshed og eventyrlængsel. Hun har levet det meste af sit liv ved havet og har et særligt forhold til fugle og bølger. Da den vilde natur, som hun elsker, begynder at forsvinde, beslutter Franny sig for at foretage en helt særlig rejse. Hun vil følge en flok havterner på deres måske sidste træk mod syd. På en bar i Grønland overtaler hun Ennis Malone, kaptajn på fiskekutteren Saghani, til at tage hende med ombord sammen med sit mildest talt blandede mandskab.Som Saghani sejler sydpå, begynder Frannys nye skibskammerater at forstå, at den unge videnskabskvinde ikke har fortalt hele sandheden om sig selv, men er fuld af mørke hemmeligheder. Hver dag skriver hun breve til sin mand, som hun aldrig sender, hver nat vågner hun af frygtelige mareridt. Franny er fast besluttet på at nå sin destination. Men hvad skal hun egentlig, når hun når frem – og hvad er hun på flugt fra?Pressen skrev om bogen:”En sitrende roman, der bliver i én længe efter, rejsen er slut.” – The New York Times”Fuld af spænding og atmosfære … lige dele mysterium og odyssé” – Vogue ”Vidunderlig … En skæbnefortælling, der går lige i hjertet. Denne smukke roman er en ode til en truet jordklode og de mennesker og steder, vi elsker.” – Literary Hub”Bjergtagende … I sin skildring af, hvordan naturen kan hele os, tydeliggør McConaghy hvor akut, den har brug for vores omsorg.” – TIME”Fortryllende smuk fortælling.” – Elle

'An extraordinary novel... as beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever read' Emily St. John MandelA dark past. An impossible journey. The will to survive.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, 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.Haunted by love and violence, Franny must confront what she is really running towards - and from.From the west coast of Ireland to Australia and remote Greenland, this is an ode to the wild places and creatures now threatened, and an epic, moving story of the possibility of hope against all odds.______________READERS LOVE MIGRATIONS:'Wrenchingly beautiful''Visceral, heart-breaking''Simply phenomenal''Raw and gripping''Riveting''Here's your next favourite''A story...about love, passion, wandering'*Previously published as The Last Migration*

Den ukuelige og viljestærke kvindelige biolog, Inti Flynn, ankommer til Skotland med en mission. Hun er leder af et forskerhold, der har til opgave at genindføre fjorten vilde ulve i det øde, skotske højland. Hendes mål er ikke kun at helbrede det døende landskab, men også tvillingesøsteren Aggie – plaget af de forfærdelige hemmeligheder, der drev søstrene ud af Alaska. Da en lokal fåreavler bliver fundet død, retter mistanken sig mod ulvene. Men hvad vil Inti gøre, når manden, hun har forelsket sig i, også ser ud til at være indblandet? Engang var der ulve er en smuk og spændingsmættet roman om vilde ulve, mystiske mord og kærlighed i det øde, skotske højland. Det er en bevægende fortælling, der vil appellere til alle naturelskere.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "e;Blazing...Visceral"e; (Los Angeles Times) * "e;Exceptional"e; (Newsweek) * "e;Bold...Heartfelt"e; (New York Times Book Review) * "e;Thought-provoking and thrilling"e; (GMA) * "e;Suspenseful and poignant"e; (Scientific American) * "e;Gripping"e; (The Sydney Morning Herald)From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands.Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with her twin sister, Aggie, to lead a team of biologists tasked with reintroducing fourteen gray wolves into the remote Highlands. She hopes to heal not only the dying landscape, but Aggie, too, unmade by the terrible secrets that drove the sisters out of Alaska.Inti is not the woman she once was, either, changed by the harm she's witnessed-inflicted by humans on both the wild and each other. Yet as the wolves surprise everyone by thriving, Inti begins to let her guard down, even opening herself up to the possibility of love. But when a farmer is found dead, Inti knows where the town will lay blame. Unable to accept her wolves could be responsible, Inti makes a reckless decision to protect them. But if the wolves didn't make the kill, then who did? And what will Inti do when the man she is falling for seems to be the prime suspect?Propulsive and spell-binding, Charlotte McConaghy's Once There Were Wolves is the unforgettable story of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves-if she isn't consumed by a wild that was once her refuge.

* INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER *"Visceral and haunting" (New York Times Book Review) · "Hopeful" (Washington Post) · "Powerful" (Los Angeles Times) · "Thrilling" (TIME) · "Tantalizingly beautiful" (Elle) · "Suspenseful, atmospheric" (Vogue) · "Aching and poignant" (Guardian) · "Gripping" (The Economist)Franny Stone has always been the kind of woman who is able to love but unable to stay. Leaving behind everything but her research gear, she arrives in Greenland with a singular purpose: to follow the last Arctic terns in the world on what might be their final migration to Antarctica. Franny talks her way onto a fishing boat, and she and the crew set sail, traveling ever further from shore and safety. But as Franny's history begins to unspool-a passionate love affair, an absent family, a devastating crime-it becomes clear that she is chasing more than just the birds. When Franny's dark secrets catch up with her, how much is she willing to risk for one more chance at redemption?Epic and intimate, heartbreaking and galvanizing, Charlotte McConaghy's Migrations is an ode to a disappearing world and a breathtaking page-turner about the possibility of hope against all odds.

***New York Times Bestseller***'So damn good. A page-turner that makes you think and has a huge emotional impact' Jeff VanderMeer, author of AnnihilationA wild and gripping novel about one woman's quest to reintroduce wolves to the Scottish Highlands at any costInti Flynn arrives in the Scottish Highlands with fourteen grey wolves, a traumatised sister and fierce tenacity.As a biologist, she knows the animals are the best hope for rewilding the ruined landscape and she cares little for local opposition. As a sister, she hopes the remote project will offer her twin, Aggie, a chance to heal after the horrific events that drove them both out of Alaska.But violence dogs their footsteps and one night Inti stumbles over the body of a farmer. Unable to accept that her wolves could be responsible, she makes a reckless decision to protect them. But if the wolves didn't make the kill, then who did? And can she trust the man she is beginning to love when he becomes the main suspect?Propulsive and unforgettable, Once There Were Wolves is the spellbinding story of a woman desperate to save her family, the wild animals and the natural world she loves, at any cost.'One of those very rare, special novels that changes you as you read' Laurie Frankel