“My Reflections of “Where the Crawdads Sing”
6 min readMar 16, 2023
“Where the Crawdads Sing” written by Delia Owens is an emotional, unfeigned story of a six-year-old girl whose family deserted her to survive on her own. Kya was the youngest of five siblings who lived in a tiny shack built on a marsh.
The story takes place on the North Carolina coast, which safeguards the marsh. Delia Owens taps into the lives and language of the marsh folks. Her…
