Rayons
Delia Owens
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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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B>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENOMENONbr>More than 7 million copies sold worldwidebr>A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pickbr>A Business Insider Defining Book of the Decade br>br>"I can''t even express how much I love this book! I didn''t want this story to end!"--Reese Witherspoonbr>br>"Painfully beautiful."--The New York Times Book Reviewbr>br>/b>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 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.br>br>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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WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (MOVIE TIE-IN)
Delia Owens
- Putnam publishing group
- 28 Juin 2022
- 9780593540350
B>NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREbr>br>The #1 New York Times bestselling worldwide sensation with more than 12 million copies sold, a painfully beautiful first novel that is at once a murder mystery, a coming-of-age narrative and a celebration of nature (The New York Times Book Review)./b>br>br>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 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.br>br>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. Delia 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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A story that''s evocative and sad and with a remarkable heroine
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Le cri du Kalahari : sur les dernières terres inviolées d'Afrique
Delia Owens, Mark Owens
- Points
- 24 Juin 2022
- 9782757896815
« Splendide... Le récit de leur survie est merveilleux. Un livre émouvant, réconfortant et élégiaque".
Newsweek Avec à peine quelques vêtements de rechange et une paire de jumelles pour tout bagage, Delia et Mark Owens quittent l'Amérique en 1974 pour rejoindre le Botswana. À bord d'un Land Rover d'occasion, ils s'enfoncent dans le désert du Kalahari où ils resteront sept ans, dans une région vierge de toute route et d'habitant, à la rencontre des fauves. Voici le récit merveilleusement conté de leur incroyable aventure auprès des lions, des hyènes, des chacals et des girafes, confrontés aux dangers de la sécheresse, des feux, des ouragans et des animaux eux-mêmes. Un best-seller international qui enchantera les amoureux de la nature et des animaux. -
Mark and Delia Owens''s simple human passion and dedication are invigorating. This is a remarkable and important story>
