(0)
(0)
(0)
(0)Delia Owens
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Adult BookTok
Book Club Favorites - GPLD
Books if you like The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo
More Lists...
Book Club Favorites - GPLD
Books if you like The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo
More Lists...
Description
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark. But Kya is not what they say. Abandoned at age ten, she has survived on her own in the marsh that she calls home. A born naturalist with just one day of school, she takes life lessons from the...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After being expelled from Botswana for writing their controversial best seller, Cry of the Kalahari, Delia and Mark Owens set off on a journey across Africa, searching for a new Eden. They found it in the North Luangwa Valley of Zambia, an area the size of Delaware with no roads, no buildings, and no people. Hippos and crocodiles swam in the rivers, lions stalked the bush, and elephants wandered into camp to eat the fruit of the marulu trees. But...
Author
Language
Español
Appears on list
Formats
Description
En Barkley Cove, un tranquilo pueblo de pescadores, circulan extraños rumores sobre la "chica de la marisma". Desde los seis años, Kya deambula completamente sola entre canales y cañaverales, apenas cubierta y descalza. Aunque solo asiste un día a la escuela, la marisma y sus criaturas no tienen secretos para ella: la alimentan, la acunan, la protegen, son sus maestros y compañeras de juego. Kya aprende a descifrar los signos de la naturaleza...
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So, in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to...
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
Una primera novela dolorosamente hermosa que es a la vez la historia de un misterioso asesinato, de una iniciación a la vida y una celebración de la naturaleza ... Owens explora las marismas desoladas de la costa de Carolina del Norte a través de los ojos de una niña abandonada. Y en su aislamiento, esa niña nos abre los ojos a las secretas maravillas (y peligros) de su propio mundo". —The New York Times Book Review En Barkley Cove,
...Author
Language
Polish
Description
Gdzie śpiewają raki to powieść, która okazała się jednym z objawień literackich ostatnich lat. Barkley Cove, senne miasteczko gdzieś u wybrzeży Karoliny Północnej. W 1969 na jednym z tamtejszych mokradeł odnalezione zostaje ciało Chase'a Andrewsa. Miejscowi są przekonani, że za jego zniknięciem stoi tajemnicza Dziewczyna z Bagien. Oczy wszystkich zwracają się w kierunku Kyi Clark, a sama Kyia nagle musi zmierzyć się z dziesiątkami...