Do you know any nobodies? People that manage to whisper the words you feel unfit to speak/write? Let me tell you of one nobody I know. She wrote of universal 'feels' that reflect back at me. Childhood. Please enjoy.
I'm ashamed of how long I dragged my feet with this book. I hope you forgive me, and in the same breath want to invite you to read my story of discovery and vulnerability in this book review. Kudos to the author of Victorine: A book that I will forever hold dear.
Where the Crawdads Sing is the story of Catherine Danielle Clark, nicknamed Kya, who is the youngest in the Clark household. Her Pa is a drunkard and gambler who physically abuses her Ma. The story begins with Ma walking out of their house, and then one by one, the older children doing the same thing, until the only one who’s left behind — for lack of having anywhere to go and no money — is six-year-old, still not able to read, Kya. The year was 1952.