Orphaned as a baby-and believed to have been raised by wolves-Weylyn has a cabin deep in the forest where he lives with his horned pig, Merlin. This was the first book that popped into my head while trying to think of books like Where the Crawdads Sing. Like Kya, Weylyn Grey lives in seclusion, and is very in tune with nature.
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang Whether you have or not, here are 11 books like Where the Crawdads Sing to help you continue having great reading experiences. But I’m not going to spoil anything more about the plot, in case you’re reading this post before you’ve read the novel. But his domesticity doesn’t last for long, and Kya realizes she will always have to take care of herself. He and Kya spend time together for the first time, and he teaches her how to fish. At one point, her father seems to be changing his ways, and stays home for a long stretch. She makes friends with the seagulls, and chats with them regularly. She finds things to eat out in her mother’s garden and in the swamp, and teaches herself to cook. Kya is left alone sometimes for days or weeks while her father goes off on benders, so she quickly learns to fend for herself. The Clarks live a life of poverty and abuse in a shack in the swamp, and soon the older children take off, until just Kya and her father remain. In 1952, Kya is only six years old when her mother abandons her and her four much older siblings, leaving them with their violent, alcoholic father. As the book continues, it goes back and forth in time between the investigation into the death of Chase Andrews, and the story of Kya Clark. At the opening of the novel, the body of Chase Andrews has been found in the swamp.
Part family drama, part mystery, Where the Crawdads Sing is set in North Carolina from 1952 until 1969.
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