Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Made to order — allow ten business days for binding.
Delia Owens' novel follows a girl raised alone in a North Carolina marsh, taught by herons
and gulls and the tide, until a body turns up and the town decides it knows who did it.
It's a story about predator and prey.
This copy began as a used trade paperback. I've taken off the cover, reinforced the text
block, cut new binder's board, and cased it into brown bookcloth by hand. The title and
author are pressed in gold on the front and spine, and a line from the novel on the back,
with two gold shells.
I chose George Frederic Watts' "The Wounded Heron", painted in 1837 when he was only
twenty, for the cover.
Made individually, after you order — please allow about 10 business days for binding.
Wrapped in kraft paper with a handwritten card.
The text block is a genuine used paperback, and it shows the signs of having been read. :)
How it's made
The paperback is taken apart, the text block reinforced, fresh binder's board cut, and the whole cased into cotton bookcloth by hand. Title and author pressed in gold on the spine. Decorative endpapers and a paper bookmark complete the charm.
Every copy is made individually. Small variations in the cloth, the grain, and the placement of the artwork are part of how it's made :)
Making and shipping
Each book is bound after you order it. Please allow ten business days before it ships. Every order arrives wrapped in tissue with a handwritten note card — add a message at checkout and I'll write it in :)
