"The man known as Wilde is a mystery to everyone, including himself. Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in the woods, with no memory of his past. After the police concluded an exhaustive hunt for the child's family, which was never found, he was turned over to the foster system. Now, thirty years later, Wilde still doesn't know where he comes from, and he's back living in the woods on the outskirts of town, content to be an outcast, comfortable...

EL LIBRO QUE HA INSPIRADO A LA PELICULA Una primera novela dolorosamente hermosa que es a la vez la historia de un misterioso asesinato, de una iniciacion a la vida y una celebracion de la naturaleza ... Owens explora las marismas desoladas de la costa de Carolina del Norte a traves de los ojos de una nina abandonada. Y en su aislamiento, esa nina nos abre los ojos a las secretas maravillas (y peligros) de su propio mundo". --The New York Times Book...

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...