Die Rettung

An existential novel about love, beauty, and violence at the farthest edge of the world. Dominic Salt lives with his three children on a deserted island, somewhere between Australia and Antarctica. As the small piece of land is slowly being swallowed by rising waters, the research team, which Dominic was part of, has long departed, and soon the family is also supposed to return to the mainland. But on a fateful stormy night, a woman is suddenly washed ashore. She is severely injured, almost frozen. Who is this stranger? And how did she end up at Shearwater? As the children have to say goodbye to their breathtakingly beautiful island, with its sea lions and albatrosses, the storm-battered cliffs and hidden hollows, the five people begin to orbit around each other, sharing their longings and secrets, and questioning: What decisions must we make to protect the people we love? With 'The Rescue,' Charlotte McConaghy, the bestselling author of 'Migratory Birds,' returns to her element: the wild, beautiful, and existentially threatening sea.