Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

Delia Owens is an American author, zoologist, and conservationist. Her debut novel, Where the Crawdads Sing, topped The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2019.

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In 1952, six-year-old Kya watches her mom leave their shack in the bog. In a little while, her kin, including her darling 12-year-old sibling Jodie, leave as well, abandoning Kya with Pa, a tipsy, debilitated World War II vet inclined to savage furies.

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Dad acquaints Kya with Jumpin', a more seasoned Black man who sells gas and supplies. Kya's mom sends a letter, however Pa burns it and gets back to drinking.When she is 14 years of age, Kya finds a progression of exceptional feather left in a tree stump in the swamp. At some point, she leaves a unique quill consequently.

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After that, Tate appears at the stump and offers to teach her to read. Tate and Kya begin to meet at a secret cabin in the marsh where he teaches her to read. As Kya matures, One day Tate finds Kya sick on Point Beach. He explains to her that she is having her period.

Tate leaves ahead of schedule for college and tells Kya he will visit on the fourth of July. Be that as it may, he doesn't return. Kya, crushed, gets back to concentrating on nature.

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Whenever Kya is 19 years of age, Chase gets her attention on Point Beach. He is a well known, gorgeous, certain, previous secondary school quarterback.At the cookout, Chase gives Kya an interesting scallop shell.

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Kya draws nearer to Chase. Tate, who is home from school, needs to apologize to Kya, however sees her kissing Chase and dismisses. Pursue begins discussing marriage and welcomes Kya on a short-term trip

Kya sees the commitment declaration in the paper for Chase and Pearl, a young lady she perceives from Point Beach. She discusses sonnets by Amanda Hamilton, who distributes in the neighborhood paper, to alleviate herself. She decides to carry on with her life alone.

Chase sneaks up on Kya on a remote beach, attacks and tries to rape her. She fends him off and sees two anglers watching from their boat as she leaves. Kya gets a letter from her distributer, Robert Foster, to meet him in Greenville. She determines from Tate how to purchase a transport ticket and goes to meet him on October 28, returning on October 30, the day Chase's body is found.

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Joe and Ed find a red fleece cap in Kya's shack that Tate gave her and that matches the strands on Chase's jacket. With this data, they capture Kya for murder.After shutting explanations, everybody anticipates the decision. Kya is seen as not liable. Jodie brings her back home, where she is more than happy to see the marsh once more.

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Tate finds a feather in his boat from Kya. At the shack, they express their love for each other and Tate moves in with her.Tate works at the nearby lab and Kya writes seven more books. One day Tate finds Kya in her boat, dead of a heart attack at age 64. On her tombstone, he inscribes “The Marsh Girl.” Many townspeople come to Kya’s funeral on her land. That night, Tate finds two items beneath the floorboards. One is a box of poems by Amanda Hamilton, a pseudonym Kya used, including a poem describing Chase Andrews’ death. Tate also finds the shell necklace Kya gave Chase.

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