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Where the crawdads sing

Owens, Delia (author.).

Summary: "For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. But Kya is not what they say. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life lessons from the land, learning from the false signals of fireflies the real way of this world. But while she could have lived in solitude forever, the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. Drawn to two young men from town, who are each intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new and startling world--until the unthinkable happens. In Where the Crawdads Sing, Owens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a heartbreaking coming of age story and a surprising murder investigation."--

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  • ISBN: 9781984827616
  • ISBN: 1984827618
  • Physical Description: 484 pages (large print) : illustration ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First large print edition.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2018]
  • Badges:
    • Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 5 / 5.0
Subject: Solitude Fiction
Abandoned children Fiction
Women hermits Fiction
Coming of age Fiction
Murder Fiction
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Covington Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126022062818 Large Print Fiction Available -
Covington Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126022689214 Large Print Fiction Available -
Covington Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126024218319 Large Print Fiction Available -
Covington Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126024382792 Large Print Fiction Available -
Covington Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126024630620 Large Print Fiction Available -
Erlanger Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126024218335 Large Print Fiction Available -
Erlanger Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126024563896 Large Print Fiction Available -
Independence Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126024218327 Closed Stacks Fiction Available -
Independence Branch LT OWENS D (Text) 33126025742531 Large Print Fiction Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    Viewed with suspicion in the aftermath of a tragedy, a beautiful hermit who has survived for years in the marsh becomes targeted by unthinkable forces. A first novel by the New York Times best-selling author of Cry of the Kalahari.
  • Random House, Inc.
    #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.
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