Delia Owens

"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase...

Delia Owens, author of the best-selling Where the Crawdads Sing, began her career writing riveting real-life adventure and wildlife tales with her husband, Mark Owens. Collected in a single volume for the first time, these three odysseys show how the Owenses' "ingenuity, courage, and accomplishment are beyond exaggeration." (People) Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Delia and Mark Owens,...

"Vividly written...Their story is thrilling-the kind of tale that wild-animal lovers won't easily forget."-People In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and-in the end-themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia....

An international bestseller, this is an emotional and riveting story of the Owens' travel and adventurous life in the Kalahari Desert.? "A remarkable story beautifully told…Among such classics as Goodall's In the Shadow of Man and Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist."??-??Chicago Tribune Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a plane to Africa, bought a thirdhand Land...