Rachael ’s Reviews > Where the Crawdads Sing > Status Update

I can't fathom how a mother & all 4 older siblings, 1 by 1, could leave a 6 y.o. behind w/ an abusive alcoholic father who is absent for days at a time. And not one comes back for her?! This would seem more plausible if mom or any of the siblings had died. But how can NONE of them care enough about Kya to seek a better life for HER?! I had to return this to the library before finishing. Idk if I want to keep reading.