North Carolina, 1950s. Kya is six when her family starts abandoning her. In a matter of months, her mother, brothers and sisters, and then her father, all leave the shack in the marsh by the sea. She's left to grow up alone.
In the neighboring town in 1969, Chase Andrews, once the town's football star, is found dead. The Marsh Girl is soon accused of the crime.
'Where the crawdads sing' is a story of loneliness, the portrait of one of the most interesting characters I've had the pleasure of discovering in quite a while. Delia Owens' background as a biologist and zoologist allows for some amazing nature writing, while the investigation builds slowly but surely. A fantastic debut novel.
North Carolina, 1950s. Kya is six when her family starts abandoning her. In a matter of months, her mother, brothers and sisters, and then her father, all leave the shack in the marsh by the sea. She's left to grow up alone.
In the neighboring town in 1969, Chase Andrews, once the town's football star, is found dead. The Marsh Girl is soon accused of the crime.
'Where the crawdads sing' is a story of loneliness, the portrait of one of the most interesting characters I've had the pleasure of discovering in quite a while. Delia Owens' background as a biologist and zoologist allows for some amazing nature writing, while the investigation builds slowly but surely. A fantastic debut novel.