Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Audiobook Length: 10 hours 30 minutes
Length: 272 pages
First Published: 2021
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Rachael’s Review
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Flatiron Books. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
Inti Flynn arrives in Scotland with one purpose – to reintroduce gray wolves into the highlands despite the fierce resistance from the local population. When a farmer is mauled to death, Inti buries the evidence, terrified the locals will accuse her beloved wolves. But if the wolves aren’t to blame, who caused his death? And will it happen again?
McConaghy’s new release is a hauntingly beautiful novel about healing from trauma – in people and in nature. McConaghy masterfully navigates communicating her message of conservation while still giving an enthralling fictional story that hooks you from the beginning.
Publisher’s Description
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 found dead, 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 who did? And what will Inti do when the man she is falling for seems to be the prime suspect?
Propulsive and spell-binding, Charlotte McConaghy’s 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.
About Charlotte McConaghy
Charlotte McConaghy is an Australian author. Her works include Avery, Fury, Once There Were Wolves, and Migrations. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia. Visit the author’s website →
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