The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 12 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.
Delia Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps..
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surpriSing tale of possible murder.
When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.
Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved.
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.
But Kya is not what they say.
So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl.
For years, rumors of the "
Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast.
The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 12 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
