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MigrationsCharlotte McConaghy

Characters in Migrations

5 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Franny Stone

    A lifelong wanderer who talks her way onto a fishing boat to follow the last Arctic terns from Greenland toward Antarctica.

Supporting characters

  • Ennis Malone

    Captain of the fishing boat Saghani, who takes Franny aboard on her promise that the terns will lead his crew to fish.

  • Niall Lynch

    Franny's husband, an Irish university lecturer as devoted to birds as she is, met in Galway and seen through her memories.

  • Iris Stone

    Franny's restless mother, who left her when Franny was young and whose absence shapes her life.

  • Basil (Migrations)

    A member of the Saghani's crew who distrusts the stranger Captain Malone has brought aboard.