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分享：Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Amazon Best Sellers of 2019 in Books #7，定格日期：2019年1月15日。
Where the Crawdads Sing is set in the marsh lands off the North Carolina coast and is both a coming of age story, and a murder mystery,centered around Kya, a wild and unkempt girl. The book follows the ups and downs of her life. She lives a lonely life, but her story is a hopeful one as well. With a little help, she’s able to survive and even learn to read.
It begins with a vivid prologue that explains the differences between a marsh and a swamp, and how a swamp is about decay and decomposing matter while a marsh is teeming with life. The very last sentence of this one page reveals the beginning of the mystery, when the body of a popular boy by the name of Chase Andrews is discovered.
From this point on, the chapters alternate between the main characters, Kya, in her earlier years, and back to the sheriff and his cohort in their investigation of the murder of Chase Andrews. The timelines eventually merge toward the end of the book.
Despite her status as an outcast, her natural beauty catches the eye of two men in town. However, when the body of Chase Andrews, the local hotshot, is discovered in the marshes, she quickly becomes a prime suspect. The fragile life she has struggled and fought so hard to build is at risk.
Kya’s story has elements of romance, mystery and even a courtroom thriller interlude. Nature enthusiasts will also enjoy this book, as Kya’s love of the nature around her is conveyed through detailed descriptions of the flora and fauna, a reflection of the author’s background as a former wildlife scientist.
Reading this story is at once a study in the ecological environment as much as it is an exquisite virtual experience to a unique place in our natural world. The conclusion is haunting and unexpected, yet leaves a sense of fulfillment as all well-told stories do.
