Where the crawdads sing - Delia OwensOwens juxtaposes an exquisite ode to the natural world against a profound coming of age story and haunting mystery. Thought provoking, wise, and deeply moving, Owenss debut novel reminds us that we are forever shaped by the child within us, while also subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

By following the journeys of twelve of the most successful people on the planet today

Thus begins the internal tussle between Ray the striver and Ray the crook

Born in Sophiatown

In doing so

Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents

With gathering momentum

and other gay-sounding stuff

The first biography of its kind about Desmond Tutu

Jenny Lawson's absurdly comical foibles

He visits the slave port where a direct ancestor was shackled and shipped to America

Chris van Wyk has created a truly remarkable record of life in the black community at once informative and vastly entertaining

That was the way it was since the beginning