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Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 15 million copies sold, “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature” (The New York Times Book Review). For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved.…

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Goodreads Choice Awards — 2018 · goodreads.com
"Colson Whitehead's "The Underground Railroad" and Delia Owens's "Where the Crawdads Sing" were both very commercial and very literary."
By the Book: Joe Ide · nytimes.com
"My September book club pick: Delia Owen's "Where the Crawdads Sing." It's a heart-wrenching novel about a little girl named Kya growing up by herself in a fishing community in the swamplands of North Carolina. Beyond that, it's just beautiful. I loved every page of it."
By the Book: Reese Witherspoon · nytimes.com