Girls from the Wetland

The Girls in the Wild Fig audiobook, written by Kelly Mustian and narrated by Lucie Juřičková.

Ada promised herself she would never return to the Trace. In the little cottage in the swamp, only a hard life awaits her with a father who is never far from a blow or a harsh word. For a short time she experienced something different, something more beautiful, but now she finds herself with nowhere else to go. So she heads home, even though she knows she will pay dearly for it.

Matilda lives on the other side of the Trace. She comes from a Black family that she tries her best to protect from a ruthless and prejudiced environment, but it is an endless struggle. So she decides to leave for Ohio in the North to tell everyone what life is really like in the South.

An unexpected event brings these two girls living in a racially divided society together – a murder that becomes the foundation of their unusual friendship. In a dangerous world of bootleggers and moral corruption, they must navigate the pitfalls that fate has in store for them and deal with secrets that could cost them their lives.

In her debut novel, Kelly Mustian tells the story of two teenage girls set in 1920s Mississippi, with an atmospheric feel reminiscent of the famous novel Where the Crawdads Sing.