Là où chantent les écrevisses

pocket book, 480 pages

Published May 20, 2021 by POINTS.

ISBN:
978-2-7578-8997-8
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4 stars (2 reviews)

Les rumeurs les plus folles courent sur « la Fille des marais » de Barkley Cove, en Caroline du Nord. Pourtant Kya n'est pas cette créature sauvage et analphabète que tous imaginent et craignent. Abandonné à l'âge de dix ans par sa famille, c'est grâce au jeune Tate qu'elle apprend à lire et à écrire, découvre la science et la poésie. Mais Tate, appelé par ses études, doit partir à son tour. Et lorsque l'irréparable se produit, elle ne peut plus compter que sur elle-même...

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One of the best books!

5 stars

A friend of mine recommended the book to me. Not a story I'd have picked by myself. It was on my shelf for almost a year before I started to read it. I should have started it way earlier. This is a book that made me happy. The story is captivating. A coming of age story, a love story, a thriller, a way of life unimaginable for the most of us. I got pulled in the story and couldn't put it away. I admired how sensitive the story is being told by the author. The thrill, the heartbeat, the rooting for the woman. Won't include anything that could give away the story line. Just let me say that at no point I could have guessed the outcome. After some time has passed I will watch the movie. So far, I heard good things about it.

These crawdads are singing a VERY slow song

2 stars

This isn't the type of book I would normally read. My book club selected it. I almost abandoned it at several points early on. It finally engaged me slightly about a third of the way in. It's very well written. I admired that the entire time I was reading it. But it was SLOW!

The book tells the story of Kya, the "Marsh Girl". Her family lives in a shack in a North Carolina marsh. At age 6, her mother and most of her family abandon her. By age 7, her father abandons her too. The book follows her as she fends for herself and grows to adulthood. There are some relationships along the way, if you like that sort of thing. There's even an incident that may or may not be a crime. The latter part of the book revolves around that.

Overall, I don't regret reading it. I …