Where the Crawdads Sing

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New York Times Bestseller! and A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. This is also a huge bestseller in the UK since 2019. A reliable gift for someone in your life who enjoys a multi-layered, suspense filled journey.

“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, rumours 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.

Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Celeste Ng.

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heart-breaking and coming-of-age story in one. 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.