‘Where the Crawdads Sing’
Before you head out to see Twisters this weekend, acquaint yourself with star Daisy Edgar-Jones in the 2022 thriller-mystery Where the Crawdads Sing, based on Delia Owens’ book of the same name. Edgar-Jones plays Kya, a young woman who was abandoned by her entire family as a girl and forced to raise herself in the perilous North Carolina marshlands. As she grows up, we see her take a liking to the wildlife of the marsh, form relationships with the few boys who accept her, and try to assimilate herself into the mainland society. When one of her few friends is murdered, she becomes the main suspect and must open herself up to the startling world around her. As the details of the case become more and more fuzzy, many secrets are reveled.