Kya and her magical little world are a rare achievement ― The Times Kya is a compelling character, Owen's descriptive prose is lushly impressive, and the twist in the narrative's tail is neat ― Sunday Times Culture 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.
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 moving ― Daily Mail For a debut the prose is impressively accomplished. And in her isolation that child makes us open our own eyes to the secret wonders-and dangers-of her private world ― New York Times Book Review Part murder-mystery, part coming-of-age novel, its evocation of the marshland and its inhabitants is as unforgettable as Kya herself. Owens here surveys the desolate marshlands of the North Carolina coast through the eyes of an abandoned child. there is writing that takes your breath away' The Times 'All is not as it seems in this heartbreaking coming-of-age bestseller' The i newspaperĪ painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature. ' will reach a huge audience though the writer's old-fashioned talents for compelling character, plotting and landscape description' The Guardian 'For sheer escapism pick up Where The Crawdads Sing. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. 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. as engrossing as it is moving' Daily Mail 'A rare achievement' The Times 'I can't even express how much I love this book!' Reese Witherspoon -įor years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. 'Painfully beautiful' New York Times 'Unforgettable. * The multi-million copy bestseller* Soon to be a major film A Number One New York Times Bestseller
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