From the author of the beloved national bestseller Migrations, a #1 IndieNext pick and Amazon’s Best Novel of 2020, a gorgeous and 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 mauled to death, 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 is something more sinister at play?
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.
Publisher: Macmillan
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 1250244153
Item Weight: 0.5 lbs
Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 50,001 + ratings
Praise for Migrations: A Book Expo Buzz Panel Selection and Macmillan Book Brag for Summer 2020 "Migrations is as beautiful and as wrenching as anything I've ever read. This is an extraordinary novel by a wildly talented writer." --Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven "This novel is enchanting, but not in some safe, fairy-tale sense. Charlotte McConaghy has harnessed the rough magic that sears our souls. I recommend Migrations with my whole heart." --Geraldine Brooks, author of March "Migrations is a wonder. I read it in a gasp. There is hope in these pages; a balm for these troubled times. Charlotte McConaghy's words cut through to the bone." --Lara Prescott, author of The Secrets We Kept "[A] tantalizingly beautiful epic."--Elle "[A] significant work of environmentally informed literature, both lushly written and heartbreaking." --Library Journal
Charlotte McConaghy is an author based in Sydney, Australia. Her U.S. debut novel, Migrations, was a national bestseller and is being translated into over twenty languages.
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