Delia Owens
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Delia Owens is a wildlife scientist and writer, based in Idaho. Her work has been published in numerous journals, including Nature, and The African Journal of Ecology. Her awards include the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing. She is the author of several nonfiction books about her work as a näytä lisää wildlife scientist in Africa, Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. Her debut novel is entitled Where the Crawdads Sing (2018). (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People (2006) 98 kappaletta
Penguin Random House Audio Story Sampler 2019 2 kappaletta
Elephant Memories 1 kappale
Where The Crawdads Sing By Delia Owens and Girl Woman Other By Bernardine Evaristo 2 Books Collection Set (2020) 1 kappale
L'OEil de l'éléphant 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Muut nimet
- Owens, Cordelia
- Syntymäaika
- 20th century
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Ammatit
- zoologist
- Suhteet
- Owens, Mark (husband)
- Agentti
- Galen, Russell
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Delia Owens (born ca. 1949) is an American author and zoologist. Her debut novel Where the Crawdads Sing topped The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 2019 for 25 non-consecutive weeks. The book has been on New York Times Bestsellers lists for more than a year. She has also written the memoirs Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna, with her then-husband, Mark, about their time studying animals in Africa.
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An Author Interview with Delia Owens, Talk about LibraryThing (kesäkuu 2022)
Found: famous mystery book, Name that Book (tammikuu 2021)
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Kya’s story is told across different timelines, starting in 1952 when she is just 6 years old, flipping forwards to 1969 when the body of handsome, athletic and popular Chase Andrews is found beneath the rickety old fire tower in the marshes and then to and fro, following her life in stages leading up to his mysterious death and beyond.
I love that Where the Crawdads Sing is so many different things.
It’s a beautifully lyrical, highly descriptive study of the natural world, the flora and fauna of the North Carolina coastline, Kya’s home
It’s a murder mystery set in a small, close-knit community where everybody knows everybody else’s business and folks of colour and marsh dwellers are alienated, accused and discriminated against.
It’s Kya’s coming-of-age story, a story of loss and abandonment, abuse and neglect, strength and survival, loneliness and longing. A feral, hand-to-mouth existence, a symbiotic relationship with nature, evading the authorities and trusting nobody.
It’s a moving love story.
Where the Crawdads Sing has left me with a lasting, kaleidoscopic image of Kya, spinning around, arms outstretched with flocks of gulls flapping and eddying around her, creating a feathered forcefield to protect her from the outside world. With a lump in my throat, I was rooting for Kya every step of the way, welling up at the acts of kindness from Jumpin’, Mabel and Tate. Kya, the bogs, swamps and marshes, the grits, pokes and crawdads will stay with me for a very long time. I cannot rate this book highly enough.… (lisätietoja)