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Una novella exquisida, una oda a la naturalesa i a allò salvatgeDurant anys, els rumors de l'existència de la Noia Salvatge han pertorbat la vida de la petita localitat de Barkley Cove, un tranquil poble de pescadors a Carolina del Nord. Abandonada als sis anys, la Kya és una jove sensible, intelligent i d'una bellesa insòlita que ha sobreviscut en soledat als aiguamolls, amb la naturalesa com a única amiga. És una supervivent nata. La seva vida solitària es complica quan un home apareix assassinat al pantà i l'acusen del crim. Llavors, tots els seus misteris sortiran a la llum.Una novella magistral que ens parla dels secrets de l'ésser humà, les pulsions que ens mouen i la veritable naturalesa de l'amor i l'odi.El fenomen literari de l'any: més de 3 milions d'exemplars venuts als Estats Units i traduïda a més de 40 idiomes

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'Painfully beautiful' The New York Times Book Review'Heart-wrenching... a compelling love story' Entertainment Weekly'Astonishing' PeopleFor years, rumours 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 be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.

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#1 New York Times BestsellerA Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick"I can't even express how much I love this book! I didn't want this story to end!" Reese Witherspoon"Painfully beautiful." The New York Times Book ReviewFor 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 be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens.Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Celeste Ng, WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps.

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Escape to Kya''s world with a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle. You loved the novel. Now immerse yourself even further into the breathtakingly beautiful world of Where the Crawdads Sing. The waterways, the wetlands, the birds and animals, and the light, that amazing lightpiece by piece, and image by image, recreate this magical corner of North Carolina's Outer Banks that the Marsh Girl calls home. 1,000 interlocking pieces Mini-poster (9 3/8 × 6 3/4 ) for reference or framing Completed puzzle size: 26 3/8 x 18 7/8

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The incredible memoir by international bestselling author of Where The Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens and her then partner Mark Owens', charting their time researching wildlife in the Kalahari Desert. Reissued and in full colour, for the first time since its original publication. In the early 1970s, carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, Mark and Delia Owens caught a plane to Africa, bought a third-hand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert. There they lived for seven years, in an unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source of water for thousands of square miles. In this vast wilderness the Owenses began their zoology research, working alongside lions, brown hyenas, jackals, giraffes, and the many other creatures they came to know.Cry of the Kalahari is a gripping account of how two young Americans survived the dangers of living in one of the last pristine areas on Earth. Reissued for the first time since its original publication in 1984, this beautiful new edition contains never-seen-before, colour photographs of Mark and Delia on their adventure of a lifetime.'A remarkable story beautifully told . . . Among such classics as Goodall's In the Shadow of Man and Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist' Chicago Tribune'For anyone interested in animals or in real life adventure, this book is a must' Jane Goodall'Extraordinary . . . How the couple overcome the hazards of the desert and came to appreciate its living richness makes fascinating reading . . . Read their remarkable book to be delighted, moved, and awed'People Magazine

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