ŷ������

Wild thing. You make my heart sing. You make everything....
This had me singing just like the crawdads do.
A compelling coming of age story of a 7 year old girl, Kya, who grows up in a marsh in North Carolina. Abandoned and alone, as one by one, her mama, siblings and finally her dead beat dad, leave. Yet somehow, she survives and lives symbiotically with nature.
And while she is anything but wild, taught by a fish catching boy how to read and write, the towns folk believe she is a marsh girl; pretty much a simpleton raised in the wild, not realizing she is a more intelligent being than the folks who put her down.
When a death of a townsman takes place in the marsh, all eyes turn to her as being the prime suspect.
Vivid characters and an abundance of wild life.
What a delight in learning about what one man deems as swampy and unworthy; another one gleams at the joy of the intricate Ecosystem that is brimming and humming with life.
Sort of reminds of the Great Alone.
5⭐️ for it had a surprising ending and damn it if I didn’t want it to end!