02210cam a2200385 i 4500 562082558 TxAuBib 20220623120000.0 180813s2018||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781984827616 1984827618 TxAuBib rda Owens, Delia, author. Where the crawdads sing [large print] / Delia Owens. [New York] : Random House Large Print, [2018] 484 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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."-- Provided by publisher. 20220623. Young women Fiction. Solitude Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Abandoned children Fiction. Fiction Coming of Age. FICTION Literary. Large type books. Abandoned children. North Carolina Fiction. Bildungsromans. Detective and mystery fiction. Coming of age fiction.