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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE—The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 12 million copies sold, “a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature”(The New York Times Book Review), now in paperback for the first time.

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Rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have been circulating in Barkley Cove, a sleepy coastal village, for years. When gorgeous Chase Andrews is discovered murdered in late 1969, the villagers quickly suspect Kya Clark, the "Marsh Girl." They don't say Kya, though. She has spent years alone in the marsh she calls home, making friends with the gulls and learning lessons from the sand. Then she longs to be caressed and loved. Kya opens herself up to a new life when two young guys from town fall in love with her wild beauty—until the unimaginable occurs.

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Where the Crawdads Sing is a gorgeous hymn to nature, a painful coming-of-age story, and a startling tale of suspected murder all rolled into one. Owens reminds us that we are all fashioned by our past selves as children, and that we are all exposed to nature's beautiful and violent secrets.

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