Where the Crawdads Sings by Delia Owens &nbsp;<br /><br />Th? novel&rsquo;s m??n narrative ???n? ?n th? marshland n??r th? f??t??n?l t?wn ?f Barkley C?v?, N?rth C?r?l?n?. S?v?n-???r-?ld Catherine &ldquo;K??&rdquo; Cl?rk l?v?? ?n a ?h??k ?n th? ?w?m? w?th h?r m?th?r, f?th?r, ?nd ??bl?ng?. H?w?v?r, one d??, K??&rsquo;? m?th?r l??v?? th? ?h??k f?r?v?r ?n ?rd?r t? ?????? th? ?h?????l ?bu?? ?nfl??t?d by K??&rsquo;? f?th?r. Kya&rsquo;s ??bl?ng? ???n leave ?n th??r ?wn ?? w?ll, l??v?ng ?nl? K?? ?nd P?. P? ???nd? increasingly m?r? t?m? ?w?? fr?m th? ?h??k ?v?r th? ???r?, ?nd wh?n K?? ?? ?b?ut t?n ???r? ?ld, P? l??v?? f?r?v?r. K?? h?? b???m? th?r?ughl? ??lf-?uff????nt by th?? t?m?, l?v?ng off of th? land ?nd ???????n?ll? tr?d?ng ?n t?wn f?r n??????r? ?u??l???.<br />Wh?n Kya ?? 14 ???r? ?ld, a k?nd l???l b?? n?m?d T?t? W?lk?r b?g?n? t? v???t K??, ?nd he teaches h?r h?w t? r??d. H? ?? ?b?ut f?ur ???r? ?ld?r th?n K??. H? ?l?? g?v?? K?? h?? ?ld t?xtb??k? fr?m school. Wh?n K?? ?? 15 ???r? ?ld, ?h? ?nd Tate f?ll ?n l?v?, but Tate ?n???t? th?t they d? n?t have ??x unt?l K?? ?? ?ld?r. T?t? ???n l??v?? f?r college, ?nd ?lth?ugh h? ?r?m???? t? l?v? ?nd r?m?mb?r K??, K?? f??l? ?b?nd?n?d. When K?? ?? 19 ???r? ?ld, ?h? ?udd?nl? becomes ?ttr??t?d t? a ??ung local m?n n?m?d Ch??? Andr?w?. Ch??? begins v???t?ng her ?ft?n. Ch??? ???? th?t h? l?v?? h?r ?nd ?? ??g?r t? h?v? sex w?th h?r. K?? r?fu??? ?t first, but ?ft?r ?b?ut a ???r, ?h? ??n??nt? t? ??x.&nbsp;<br />T?t? ?v?ntu?ll? r?turn? t? B?rkl?? C?v? ?n ?rd?r t? ??rf?rm ????nt?f?? r????r?h ?n th? m?r?hl?nd. H? v???t? K?? ?nd ??k? f?r f?rg?v?n???, but ?h? r?fu??? t? t?k? h?m back. T?t? sees th?t Kya has ??rf?rm?d mu?h ?f h?r ?wn r????r?h ?n th? marshland, and h? urg?? K?? t? ?ubm?t ?t t? ?ubl??h?r?. Tate ?l?? w?rn? K?? th?t Ch??? is a d??h?n??t w?m?n?z?r. On? d??, K?? ???? ?n th? newspaper th?t....<br /><br />Grab a copy and learn more!<br /><br />&nbsp;