The Girls: The Sunday Times bestselling cult novel from the Booker-prize longlisted author of Switzy
Jun 2016 · Random House
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The Booker-longlisted author of Switzy
A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family.
If you’re lost, they’ll find you...
Evie Boyd is fourteen and desperate to be noticed.
It’s the summer of 1969 and restless, empty days stretch ahead of her. Until she sees them. The girls. Hair long and uncombed, jewellery catching the sun. And at their centre, Suzanne, black-haired and beautiful.
If not for Suzanne, she might not have gone. But, intoxicated by her and the life she promises, Evie follows the girls back to the decaying ranch where they live.
Was there a warning? A sign of what was coming? Or did Evie know already that there was no way back?
‘Taut, beautiful and savage, Cline’s novel demands your attention’ Guardian
The Booker-longlisted author of Switzy
A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family.
If you’re lost, they’ll find you...
Evie Boyd is fourteen and desperate to be noticed.
It’s the summer of 1969 and restless, empty days stretch ahead of her. Until she sees them. Th...
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February 23, 2019
I very much enjoyed this read but I wish some had highlighted before I bought it, that if you are familiar at all with Helter Skelter (or the true crime reporting about Charles Manson) you will likely understand very early on where the story is headed. Having said that, the book is very well written and I finished in a couple of days. A solid holiday read!
Aidan
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June 30, 2016
This story was about belonging, and the desperation to be seen in your adolescence mixed with the social climate of the late 60's. It is an insight into the mind of a young woman, desperate to be a part of something. Evie is critical of everyone in her life and desperately wants to be different to the women surrounding her who are thirsty for the acceptance of men. The girls are free, brave, independent, fun and so different to all that Evie resents, but is different safe?
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May 14, 2017
Fantastic page turner
About the author
Emma Cline is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Girls, the story collection Daddy and The Guest. Cline's stories have been published in the New Yorker, Granta, the Paris Review and Best American Short Stories. She received the Plimpton Prize from the Paris Review and was chosen as one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists.
Emma Cline is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Girls, the story collection Daddy and The Guest. Cline's stories have been published in the New Yorker, Granta, the Paris Review and Best American Short Stories. She received the Plimpton Prize from the Paris Review and w...
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