Book: Migration

 Book: Migration

Author: Charlotte Mcconaghy

Pages: 288

This is my 107th read for the year

This is the story of Franny Stone.  She has never been able to sit still - even since she was little.  As a young girl, her mother was the same and one day she was gone and Franny was in the custody of her grandmother.  As an adult she meets a man, falls in love and gets married.  But soon her wandering gets the best of her and she comes and goes sometimes without even a word.  Her first love is birds, and one day she packs up and heads for Greenland to follow the last Artic terns who are making a flight to Antartica.  During her travels, the truth of her trip and her past come to light and the crew who ferry her become her closest protectors even putting themselves in danger.  As Frannie chases redemption, she wonders if she will ever be able to stop wandering.

This was an okay book.  I wanted to like it very badly.  I liked the idea - a woman and a boat full of fisherman chasing fish and a rare bird on a path to Antartica.  But it just fell flat.  The writing wasn't good.  I didn't like Franny at all.  She seemed ridiculous.  And these people on the boat who put their lives at risk for someone they didn't know and the amount of trouble she caused for them seemed unlikely.  The "twist" about Franny wasn't a surprise - you can figure that out almost from the begining.

Stars: 2.5