Book Club: Where the Crawdads Sing
If you haven’t been living under a rock the past few years you’ve probably been recommended the book Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, or at least heard of it. And for good reason! This book was so intriguing that I finished it in just a few days, and I was literally sad when it finished because I wanted to keep reading. Now that’s the sign of a good book!
The story is about a young girl, Kya, with a really tough life who lives out in a marsh. She’s completed socially isolated from a young age after her entire family leaves her one by one. Surviving entirely on her own, and aided by a Black neighbor, she learns to cook and hunt in order to survive. She is shunned by most of her neighbors and must go above and beyond to survive and have basic essentials. When a murder occurs, she becomes the first suspect in a town that has ostracized her. It’s a beautiful story about being connected to nature, how much kindness goes a long way, and how sorrow can define a person.
