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Life, sure, it imitates art.
Sometimes, though, art cant help but imitate life.
It even reigns as 2019stop-selling book.
ButSlatehas uncovered that the author has a past that sounds strikingly similar to the murder central to the story.
The story is familiar: Nature lover firm in their convictions is forced to reckon with a crime.
Reeses Book Club readers will realize that its more or less the plot toWhere the Crawdads Sing.
(The crawdads would very much like to beexcluded from this narrative.)
The townspeople who always hated her force her into a murder trial.
Kya ends up being acquitted, but the investigation in Zambia is still open to this day.
you might read more about the real 1996 murder through Slate or theNew Yorker.
(Or maybe just by picking up a copy ofWhere the Crawdads Sing.)
