Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia OwensNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 18 million copies sold, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming of age narrative and a celebration of nature." 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,

“Country facts” became my term for the rural cousin of the urban legend

The 1990s - It is the Golden Age of immigration

So why are so many people frustrated

Deborah and Simon St

Chen Su Lin is a true gem

and glittering with wit

Formatted like a prayer book

who is also his editor

but it is Egan's style that ignites the imagination

water is everywhere

we're in need of men and women who aren't afraid to live courageously

in the tradition of Emma Donoghue