Described by the New York Times as “visceral and haunting,” Charlotte McConaghy‘s Migrations is a novel set on the brink of catastrophe, as a young woman chases the world’s last flock of Arctic terns in their final migration, their course dovetailing with her own quest for redemption. She’s speaking with Literary Hub senior editor Corinne Segal, whose work has appeared in the New York Observer and the Boston Review.
In Conversation: On Migrations
In Conversation: On Migrations
Author:
Charlotte McConaghy, Corinne Segal
Corinne Segal
Corinne Segal is a senior editor at Lit Hub. She was previously a senior multimedia web editor at PBS NewsHour Weekend and Online Arts Reporter/Producer for PBS NewsHour.
Charlotte McConaghy
Charlotte McConaghy has been writing from a young age. She has both a Graduate Degree in Screenwriting and a Master’s Degree in Screen Arts, and has worked in script development for film and television for several years. In her novel Migrations (Flatiron), set on the brink of catastrophe, a young woman chases the world’s last birds―and her own final chance for redemption. By following the ocean’s tides and the birds that soar above, Franny Stone can forget the losses that have haunted her life. Then the wild she loves begins to disappear, and she can no longer wander without a destination. She arrives in remote Greenland to find the world’s last flock of Arctic terns and track their final migration. But when her quest threatens to endanger those around her, she must ask herself what she is really running toward―and running from. The Washington Post saw that “In many ways, this is a story about grieving, an intimate tale of anguish set against the incalculable bereavements of climate change…Franny charts our course through a novel that is efficient and exciting, indicting but forgiving, and hard but ultimately hopeful.”
