its reliance on age-old stereotypes and its parallels to Delia Owens’ own controversial past. It’s a lot to unpack, but it’s enough for many to give the original book and new film a wide berth.

Since making its way to Netflix this spring Where the Crawdads Sing has been introduced to a whole new audience two years after the movie adaptation of Delia Owens’s bestselling book was released.

And we’re particularly excited about Witherspoon’s September book club pick, Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, as it is finally ... itself to the top of The New York Times bestseller ...