Facts about Where the Crawdads Sing

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   First-time novelist Delia Owens wrote Where the Crawdads Sing in her sixties, making its massive commercial success a remarkable debut achievement.

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   Set in the marshlands of North Carolina, Where the Crawdads Sing blends a coming-of-age story with a murder mystery plot.

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   Reese Witherspoon's book club selection of Where the Crawdads Sing in 2018 helped propel the novel to mainstream success before its film adaptation.

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   The 2022 film adaptation of Where the Crawdads Sing grossed over 126 million dollars worldwide at the box office.

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   Delia Owens published Where the Crawdads Sing in 2018, and the novel spent over 100 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

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