Where the Crawdads Sing: by Delia Owens​​​​​​​ | Conversation Starters

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Where the Crawdads Sing: by Delia Owens  | Conversation Starters

When she was six years old, Kya's mother abandoned her and her siblings. Eventually deserted by her father and siblings, Kya learns to live by herself. She is taunted as a swamp rat and retreats from interaction with the community around her. Nature becomes her source of solace and sustenance. Kya becomes fascinated with wildlife and nature including insects, birds, dappled light, the marshes' shifting tides. She has a collection of feathers and shells and explores the wetlands and its feathered residents. She is drawn to two men as she
yearns for love and connection. She opens herself to this new experience and the unexpected happens. Meanwhile, the police start looking for the killer of Chase Andrews. 

Where the Crawdads Sing is a debut novel by wildlife scientist and nature writer Delia Owens. It is a #1 New York Times bestseller by Owens who co-wrote nonfiction books on nature and wildlife including the international bestseller Cry of the Kalahari.
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• Language: English
• Publisher: Daily Books
• Release date: Nov 5, 2018
• ISBN: 9788829544769

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Introducing Where the Crawdads Sing

WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING IS A DEBUT NOVEL BY wildlife scientist and nature writer Delia Owens.

In 1969, two boys find the dead body of Chase Andrews, the local football hero, engulfed in the deadly the swamp of Barkley Cove, a coastal community in North Carolina. Andrews was a boy who tormented Kya Clark, the novel's protagonist. When she was six years old, Kya's mother abandoned her and her siblings. The author writes that Kya laid her hand upon the breathing, wet earth, and the marsh became her mother. Her father was a drunken man whose violent ways taught Kya how to avoid him. Eventually deserted by her father and siblings, Kya learns to live by herself. She is taunted as a swamp rat and retreats from interaction with the community around her. Nature becomes her source of solace and sustenance. Drifting back to the predictable cycles of tadpoles and the ballet of fireflies, Kya burrowed deeper into the wordless wilderness. Nature seemed the only stone that would not slip midstream, the author writes. The author goes on to describe an enchanting life lived among gulls, herons and other forms of wildlife. There are a few people who treat her nicely. One of them is Tate

Reviews for Where the Crawdads Sing

[Ash · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I just LOVED this book! So picturesque, like a movie playing in front of me