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Delia Owens Quote: “July 4 1961 Dressed in the now too-short peach chiffon, Kya walked barefoot to the lagoon on July 4 and sat on the reading-log.”

351. “July 4 1961 Dressed in the now too-short peach chiffon, Kya walked barefoot to the lagoon on July 4 and sat on the reading-log.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya turned the page to continue the story, and there loomed a large picture of Chase and a girl above an engagement announcement: Andrews-Stone.”

352. “Kya turned the page to continue the story, and there loomed a large picture of Chase and a girl above an engagement announcement: Andrews-Stone.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Miss Kya. I didn’t jus’ fall off the turnip truck.”

353. “Miss Kya. I didn’t jus’ fall off the turnip truck.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She walked to the pool twice a day for a week, living on saltines and Crisco, and Pa never came home the whole time. By the eighth day she could circle her foot without stiffness and the pain had retreated to the surface. She danced a little jig, favoring her foot, squealing, “I did it, I did it!” The next morning, she headed for the beach to find more pirates. “First thing I’m gonna do is boss my crew to pick up all them nails.”

354. “She walked to the pool twice a day for a week, living on saltines and Crisco, and Pa never came home the whole time. By the eighth day she could circle her foot without stiffness and the pain had retreated to the surface. She danced a little jig, favoring her foot, squealing, “I did it, I did it!” The next morning, she headed for the beach to find more pirates. “First thing I’m gonna do is boss my crew to pick up all them nails.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Months turned into a year.”

355. “Months turned into a year.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He couldn’t come close to sorting it out himself, but he’d never been hit by a stronger wave. A power of emotions as painful as pleasurable.”

356. “He couldn’t come close to sorting it out himself, but he’d never been hit by a stronger wave. A power of emotions as painful as pleasurable.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “We’re all like giraffes not using their necks to reach the higher leaves.”

357. “We’re all like giraffes not using their necks to reach the higher leaves.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Chase right on the deck of his fancy ski boat. There’s.”

358. “Chase right on the deck of his fancy ski boat. There’s.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A lone tear trailed down Mrs. Culpepper’s cheek, and then a shadow smile for the little swamp truant escaping again.”

359. “A lone tear trailed down Mrs. Culpepper’s cheek, and then a shadow smile for the little swamp truant escaping again.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Hello, dear, I’m Mrs. Culpepper. You’re all grown up and ready to go to school, aren’t ya?”

360. “Hello, dear, I’m Mrs. Culpepper. You’re all grown up and ready to go to school, aren’t ya?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

361. “She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Jodie, I’m so sorry you worried about leaving me. Not once did I blame you. We were the victims, not the guilty.”

362. “Jodie, I’m so sorry you worried about leaving me. Not once did I blame you. We were the victims, not the guilty.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Time ensures children never know their parents young.”

363. “Time ensures children never know their parents young.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya turned quickly to speed away but, against a strong pull, turned back and searched for him. She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

364. “Kya turned quickly to speed away but, against a strong pull, turned back and searched for him. She knew that no part of this yearning made sense. Illogical behavior to fill an emptiness would not fulfill much more. How much do you trade to defeat lonesomeness?”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Tate. The golden-haired boy in the boat, guiding her home before a storm, gifting her feathers on a weathered stump, teaching her to read; the teenager steering her through her first cycle as a woman and arousing her first sexual desires as a female; the young scientist encouraging her to publish her books.”

365. “Tate. The golden-haired boy in the boat, guiding her home before a storm, gifting her feathers on a weathered stump, teaching her to read; the teenager steering her through her first cycle as a woman and arousing her first sexual desires as a female; the young scientist encouraging her to publish her books.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “When all her shelves were empty, she finally motored to Jumpin’s for supplies but didn’t chat with him as usual. Did her business and left him standing, staring after her. Needing people ended in hurt.”

366. “When all her shelves were empty, she finally motored to Jumpin’s for supplies but didn’t chat with him as usual. Did her business and left him standing, staring after her. Needing people ended in hurt.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “One night two years later, without saying good-bye, Jake left before dawn, taking with him as many fine clothes and family treasures – including his great-grandfather’s gold pocket watch and his grandmother’s diamond ring – as he could carry. He hitchhiked to New Orleans and found Maria.”

367. “One night two years later, without saying good-bye, Jake left before dawn, taking with him as many fine clothes and family treasures – including his great-grandfather’s gold pocket watch and his grandmother’s diamond ring – as he could carry. He hitchhiked to New Orleans and found Maria.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Happy birthday, Kya,” he said. “You’re fifteen.”

368. “Happy birthday, Kya,” he said. “You’re fifteen.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Finally she said, “What do you want now, Tate?” “If only you could, some way, forgive me.” He breathed in and waited.”

369. “Finally she said, “What do you want now, Tate?” “If only you could, some way, forgive me.” He breathed in and waited.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

370. “It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “She stared, not knowing how to see this. Would she have to go somewhere, meet people? Tate didn’t miss the questions in her eyes.”

371. “She stared, not knowing how to see this. Would she have to go somewhere, meet people? Tate didn’t miss the questions in her eyes.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “They had abandoned her to survive and defend herself. So here she was, by herself.”

372. “They had abandoned her to survive and defend herself. So here she was, by herself.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Just before he stepped into the trees, she finally turned and watched him walk away. “This little piggy stayed home,” she said to the waves.”

373. “Just before he stepped into the trees, she finally turned and watched him walk away. “This little piggy stayed home,” she said to the waves.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Sleep avoided her, slinking around the edges, then darting away. Her mind would plunge along deep walls of sudden slumber – an instant of bliss.”

374. “Sleep avoided her, slinking around the edges, then darting away. Her mind would plunge along deep walls of sudden slumber – an instant of bliss.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Her most poignant memories were unknown dates of family members disappearing down the lane.”

375. “Her most poignant memories were unknown dates of family members disappearing down the lane.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “As always, the ocean seemed angrier than the marsh. Deeper, it had more to say.”

376. “As always, the ocean seemed angrier than the marsh. Deeper, it had more to say.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He leaned slightly forward, as if to hug her, but the hardened rinds of her heart held her back.”

377. “He leaned slightly forward, as if to hug her, but the hardened rinds of her heart held her back.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “You all listen now, this is a real lesson in life. Yes, we got stuck, but what’d we girls do? We made it fun, we laughed. That’s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ’specially in mud.”

378. “You all listen now, this is a real lesson in life. Yes, we got stuck, but what’d we girls do? We made it fun, we laughed. That’s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ’specially in mud.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Uncertainty lingered, but the more she thought about it, the less likely it seemed the boy meant harm. It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

379. “Uncertainty lingered, but the more she thought about it, the less likely it seemed the boy meant harm. It didn’t fit that anyone who liked birds would be mean.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “A few weeks later, watching pelicans float and feed in the sea, her boat riding up and down waves, Kya’s stomach suddenly cramped up. She’d never been seasick, and this felt different from any pain she’d ever had.”

380. “A few weeks later, watching pelicans float and feed in the sea, her boat riding up and down waves, Kya’s stomach suddenly cramped up. She’d never been seasick, and this felt different from any pain she’d ever had.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “My name’s Tate ’case ya see me again.”

381. “My name’s Tate ’case ya see me again.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Oddly, the sweet, freshly turned earth smelled more like a beginning than an end.”

382. “Oddly, the sweet, freshly turned earth smelled more like a beginning than an end.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “I have almost no recollection of the few hours after we left the plateau. I think I was concentrating so hard on the immediate that my mind couldn’t afford space for anything else. Maybe to have a memory, you need time for reflection, however brief, just to let the memory find a place to settle.”

383. “I have almost no recollection of the few hours after we left the plateau. I think I was concentrating so hard on the immediate that my mind couldn’t afford space for anything else. Maybe to have a memory, you need time for reflection, however brief, just to let the memory find a place to settle.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “He showed her more slides. She whispered, “It’s like never having seen the stars, then suddenly seeing them.”

384. “He showed her more slides. She whispered, “It’s like never having seen the stars, then suddenly seeing them.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “They stopped laughing. He took her shoulders, hesitated an instant, then kissed her lips, as the leaves rained and danced around them as silently as snow.”

385. “They stopped laughing. He took her shoulders, hesitated an instant, then kissed her lips, as the leaves rained and danced around them as silently as snow.”

— Delia Owens

Delia Owens Quote: “A areia guarda segredos melhor do que a lama.”

386. “A areia guarda segredos melhor do que a lama.”

— Delia Owens

Delia Owens Quote: “Croker Sacks Full 1956 In the winter of 1956, when Kya was ten, Pa.”

387. “Croker Sacks Full 1956 In the winter of 1956, when Kya was ten, Pa.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “You’re worse than he is. He might not be perfect, but you’re worse by a long shot.”

388. “You’re worse than he is. He might not be perfect, but you’re worse by a long shot.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was...”

389. “Faces change with life’s toll, but eyes remain a window to what was...”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Seaweed 1967 Through the winter, Chase came to Kya’s shack often, usually spending one night each weekend.”

390. “Seaweed 1967 Through the winter, Chase came to Kya’s shack often, usually spending one night each weekend.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “As they crowded around her, she felt their featers brushing her arms and thighs, and threw her head back, smiling with them. Even as tears streamed her cheeks.”

391. “As they crowded around her, she felt their featers brushing her arms and thighs, and threw her head back, smiling with them. Even as tears streamed her cheeks.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “If we had taken her in as one of our own – I think that is what she would be today.”

392. “If we had taken her in as one of our own – I think that is what she would be today.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Jim Bo Sweeny darted from flipping crab cakes on the griddle to stirring a pot of creamed corn on the burner to poking chicken thighs.”

393. “Jim Bo Sweeny darted from flipping crab cakes on the griddle to stirring a pot of creamed corn on the burner to poking chicken thighs.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Kya never went back to school a day in her life.”

394. “Kya never went back to school a day in her life.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “IN EARLY SEPTEMBER of that fishing summer, on one afternoon that paled with heat, Kya walked to the mailbox at the end of the lane. Leafing through the grocery ads, she stopped dead when she saw a blue envelope addressed in Ma’s neat hand.”

395. “IN EARLY SEPTEMBER of that fishing summer, on one afternoon that paled with heat, Kya walked to the mailbox at the end of the lane. Leafing through the grocery ads, she stopped dead when she saw a blue envelope addressed in Ma’s neat hand.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “What he’d learned right after DNA, isotopes, and protozoans was that he couldn’t breathe without her.”

396. “What he’d learned right after DNA, isotopes, and protozoans was that he couldn’t breathe without her.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “That anticipation of touch.”

397. “That anticipation of touch.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.”

398. “His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “But, being only seven and a girl, she’d never taken the boat out by herself.”

399. “But, being only seven and a girl, she’d never taken the boat out by herself.”

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Delia Owens Quote: “Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.”

400. “Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.”

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