Where the Crawdads Sing

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Where the Crawdads Sing

Written by: Delia Owens

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENON—NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!

More than 18 million copies sold worldwide

A Reese’s Book Club Pick

A Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade

“I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!”—Reese Witherspoon

“Painfully beautiful.”—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. 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.

Coming of Age

Fiction

Genre Fiction

Historical

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Women's Fiction

Romance

Heartfelt

Discrimination

Natural History

Survival

Suspense

Murder

Resilience

Mystery

Social justice

Thriller

Classics

Crime

Ecosystem

Thanksgiving Mystery

Mystery For Adults

What the critics say

"Narrator Cassandra Campbell serves up a bushel of Carolina accents in this debut novel by nature writer Delia Owens. Campbell's accents give the mix of classes and regions in the story the same realistic detail Owens provides for the marsh.... Prepare to be enchanted and haunted." (AudioFile)

"A lush debut; Owens delivers her mystery wrapped in gorgeous, lyrical prose." (Alexandra Fuller, author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight)

“A painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature.... Owens here surveys the desolate marshlands of the North Carolina coast through the eyes of an abandoned child. And in her isolation that child makes us open our own eyes to the secret wonders - and dangers - of her private world.” (The New York Times Book Review)

“Steeped in the rhythms and shadows of the coastal marshes of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, this fierce and hauntingly beautiful novel centers on.... Kya’s heartbreaking story of learning to trust human connections, intertwine[d] with a gripping murder mystery, revealing savage truths. An astonishing debut.” (People)

Editorial Review

Where the Crawdads Sing is an award-winning fiction that combines lush nature prose, romance, murder mystery, and a coming-of-age survival story in one. Kya, who lives alone in a shack in the marshlands of North Carolina, is forced to face a murder trial after warming up to two young men from the nearby town.

Where the Crawdads Sing reminds us that the child we have inside us is shaping us forever. The story addresses how isolation influences the behaviour of a young woman who wants to be loved like all of us. Winner of four Audie Awards and nominee for a dozen more, narrator Cassandra Campbell brings a sense of tranquillity to the story with her soothing voice. Campbell is also an actress, director, teacher, and an accomplished voice-over artist.

American writer and zoologist Delia Owens is a New York Times best-selling nature writer. She has lived more than 20 years in Africa and has published three nonfiction titles about animals and wildlife—Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. The latter is available in audio format. Where the Crawdads Sing is Owens’ first fiction release.

This audiobook release is an international phenomenon, with more than seven million copies sold worldwide.

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