Kya lives with a large family in the mashes of North Carolina. Even though she has a loving mother and siblings, her father is abusive. In the face of his violence, the members of her family leave, one by one, until only Kya and her father are left. Then he leaves and Kya, at age 10, is left to fend for herself. She learns to survive on her own, but is leery of establishing relationships because of fear of further abandonment. Then Tate enters her life, teaches her to read, and opens for her the world of science and love. Years later the body of a local hotshot is found on the ground below a fire watch tower. Kya becomes the prime suspect. Can Tate, and the others who have come to know Kya, overcome the town's prejudice against the "Marsh Girl?"
Here is another book that has been on the top of the reading charts for months. Even more than a year after its publication it is ranked #5 on the Amazon best sellers. I was super excited to read it, but ended up pretty disappointed. I found it slow moving and a bit more sexually explicit than I am comfortable with. The descriptions of the setting are lovely, but I didn't find Kya, herself, as very endearing. I almost gave up on the audio book with 5 hours to go, but I turned up the playback speed and powered through it. The ending was a little more impactful than most of the book, and raises some interesting ethical questions, but I still probably won't be recommending this to anyone. (2018, 370 p.)
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