Crawdads is a story lovingly told-one that takes its time in developing its characters and setting, and in developing the story. There is great nature writing there is coming of age and there is literature. there is writing that takes your breath awayĪll is not as it seems in this heartbreaking coming-of-age bestsellerĪn Amazon Best Book of August 2018: This novel has a mystery at its core, but it can be read on a variety of levels. But these themes will reach a huge audience though the writer's old-fashioned talents for compelling character, plotting and landscape descriptionįor sheer escapism pick up Where The Crawdads Sing. Though set in the 1950s and 60s, Where the Crawdads Sing is, in its treatment of racial and social division and the fragile complexities of nature, obviously relevant to contemporary politics and ecology. Surprise bestsellers are often works that chime with the times. Owens combines high tension with precise detail about how people dress, sound, live and eat - the case studies in her book are both human and natural. Kya is a compelling character, Owen's descriptive prose is lushly impressive, and the twist in the narrative's tail is neat Kya and her magical little world are a rare achievement Yet it will be hard to match on screen the delicacy of Owens's exploration of the natural world. A story of loneliness, survival and love that's as engrossing as it is movingįor a debut the prose is impressively accomplished. Part murder-mystery, part coming-of-age novel, its evocation of the marshland and its inhabitants is as unforgettable as Kya herself. And in her isolation that child makes us open our own eyes to the secret wonders-and dangers-of her private. Owens here surveys the desolate marshlands of the North Carolina coast through the eyes of an abandoned child. as engrossing as it is moving' Daily Mail 'I can't even express how much I love this book!' Reese Witherspoon ' will reach a huge audience though the writer's old-fashioned talents for compelling character, plotting and landscape description' Guardian 'Writing that takes your breath away' The Times Show Less Product DetailsĪ painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature.
When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens. 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. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl.
OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For years, rumours of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast.
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