For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens.


迪莉娅·欧文斯 Delia Owens，生于1949年，生物学家、作家。在非洲从事动物研究多年。创建了赞比亚北卢安瓜保护项目，是美国佐治亚州斯通山脉欧文斯野生动物交流基金会的联合创始人，《国际野生动物》杂志编辑。 曾与丈夫马克·欧文斯合著过三本知名的非虚构作品《哭泣的喀拉哈里沙漠》《大象的眼睛 》《稀树草原的秘密》，讲述他们作为野生动物学家在非洲的经历，其中《哭泣的喀拉哈里沙漠》不仅登上《纽约时报》畅销榜，还获得“约翰·巴勒斯自然写作奖章”。此外，二人曾于1981年凭借“喀拉哈里沙漠研究计划”获得“劳力士伟业奖”，1994年获得荷兰“金色方舟骑士勋章”。