Delia Owens – Uniquely Yours by Shay

I received a sample for this review/feature. Opinions expressed are my own.

I hope you enjoyed your quiet time reading last week and I hope my reading suggestion helped you out as well. This week I am sharing Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. As you can tell I love a good mystery or suspense novel to keep me on the edge of my seat. Where the Crawdads Sing is a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. What a great way to spend your time to yourself getting all excited over a new novel.

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. Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Karen Russell, 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.

She was know to the locals as The Marsh Girl, someone to be talked about, someone to blame. A story that will grip your heart and twist. The book is the story about Kya’s life in the marsh, the ocean and the nature surrounding it. She was someone from outside of the town looking in, who pieced together a life with nature and not many people. A moving story, that does a good job of showing how people can react to people who are different from them. One of the best books I’ve ever read.