Where the Crawdads Sing is a 2018 novel by American author Delia Owens. It has topped The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2019 and The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2020 for a combined 32 non-consecutive weeks. As of late February 2022, the book has spent 150 weeks on the best seller list. The story follows two timelines that slowly intertwine. The first timeline describes the life and adventures of a young girl named Kya as she grows up isolated in the marsh of North Carolina from 1952 to 1969. The second timeline follows an investigation into the apparent murder of Chase Andrews, a local celebrity of Barkley Cove, a fictional coastal town of North Carolina. The book was selected for Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club in September 2018 and for Barnes & Noble's Best Books of 2018. By December 2019, the book had sold over 4.5 million copies, and it sold more print copies in 2019 than any other adult title, fiction or non-fiction.
About Where the Crawdads Sing
Heartbreaking coming-of-age story about a young girl who is abandoned by her parents and learns to survive on her own. Later in life she become the leading suspect in her ex's murder case. The film was directed by Olivia Newman.
Achievement of Where the Crawdads Sing
Filming took place in New Orleans and Houma, Louisiana. Taylor Swift's song "Carolina" was used in the trailer.
Top Facts You Did Not Know About Where the Crawdads Sing
Novels set in North Carolina.. G. P. Putnam's Sons books.
Latest information about Where the Crawdads Sing updated on March 23 2022.
