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Where the Crawdads Sing
A Literary Fiction Novel by Delia Owens
Subgenres:
- Historical Fiction,
- Coming-of-Age,
- Murder Mystery
This book is for you if you're into...
- Lush nature writing woven into coming-of-age drama
- Outsider protagonists surviving against small-town suspicion
- Murder mysteries set in wild, atmospheric landscapes
From Little Stack
A lush historical fiction, Where The Crawdads Sing is many things at once. An exploration of the natural world and those in touch with nature. It’s a coming-of-age story, and a study into discrimination and class. But it’s also a murder mystery and contains one hell of a plot twist.
Set in 1969, rumours of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted the small town of Barkley Cove for years. When popular local Chase Andrews is found dead, people suspect the wild and barefoot Kya Clark. Thought-provoking and moving, Where The Crawdads Sing is the epitome of a page-turner.
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. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life—until the unthinkable happens.
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. 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.
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