Where the Crawdads Sing

OVER 12 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For years,rumours of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Covea quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969when handsome Chase Andrews is found deadthe locals immediately suspect Kya Clarkthe so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligentshe has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls homefinding 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 beautyKya opens herself to a new life – until the unthinkable happens. ‘Unforgettable . . . as engrossing as it is moving’ Daily Mail ‘I can’t even express how much I love this book!’ Reese Witherspoon ‘[It] will reach a huge audience though the writer’s old-fashioned talents for compelling characterplotting and landscape description’ Guardian ‘Writing that takes your breath away’ The Times