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 visa mer 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) visa färre
Verk av Delia Owens
Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People (2006) 95 exemplar
Elephant Memories 1 exemplar
Where The Crawdads Sing By Delia Owens and Girl Woman Other By Bernardine Evaristo 2 Books Collection Set (2020) 1 exemplar
Daar waar de rivierkreeftjes zingen 1 exemplar
Where the Crawdads Sing r 1 exemplar
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- Andra namn
- Owens, Cordelia
- Födelsedag
- 20th century
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Yrken
- zoologist
- Relationer
- Owens, Mark (husband)
- Agent
- Galen, Russell
- Kort biografi
- 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 i Talk about LibraryThing (juni 2022)
Found: famous mystery book i Name that Book (januari 2021)
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This could possibly be the first perfect book I ever read. Haunting. Mysterious. Suspenseful and deeply moving.
I finished reading this book over a week ago, and it is still on my mind. What a fantastic novel! It's a book I'll read again, just to dive into the subtle layers of the story.
Great, intriguing story about the will and heart of humankind!
Great, intriguing story about the will and heart of humankind!
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- #1,692
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- 4.1
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I loved the premise, a murder mystery, a historical coming of age story about a girl abandoned by her family and forced to rely only on herself living in the marsh, a celebration of nature, and the unique growing pains she goes through.
I enjoyed being on Kya’s journey with her and watching her grow from an abandoned, confused little girl to being a self-sufficient adult. It hurt to read about her getting hurt, but the few friends she makes along the way are true.
Not the biggest fan of the writing style, and the head hopping got a little confusing (though I don’t read much literary fiction so I don’t know if this is normal?) at times and I wasn’t a fan of the court scenes - felt jarring and out of place. It’s told in two timelines that eventually merge - one of Kya’s life, the other of the ongoing murder investigation of one of her ex-boyfriends, but markings of the year under each chapter prevents confusion.
Overall I’m glad she got her happy ending - though the end end throws in a twist I didn’t see coming. I’m looking forward to the movie!… (mer)