Migrations

This book is a little miracle. Filled with so many exciting passages, tempered by a steady rhythm of past and present story lines that weave like the Arctic terns being sought in McConaghy's love letter to animals, this slim novel explodes with vibrancy despite a melancholic tone. Grieving all the creatures that have departed in this sad future-scape and all those wondrous beasts that still make our world miraculous - even when we don't take the time to recognize them - the novel reveals again and again what an incredible world we live in. And, the miracles she explores also include us - with all of our inconsistencies and our selfishness and our love and our commitments - as we navigate the earth and find the best way to be stewards of nature and of ourselves. This book was wonderful.