The Girls
Published on 4. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-78470-174-1 (ISBN)
Description
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
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
Reviews / Votes
A coming-of-age tale like no other ... the book of the summer * Grazia * Stunning...thrilling... A spectacular achievement * The Times * This book will break your heart and blow your mind * Lena Dunham * The read of the summer -- India Knight * Sunday Times * A tense and claustrophobic read * Stylist * Taut, beautiful and savage, Cline's novel demands your attention * Guardian * An exhilarating read * Emma Healey, author of Elizabeth is Missing * Darker than anything Gone Girl had to offer * Shortlist * A seductive and arresting coming-of-age story...spellbinding * New York Times Book Review * An intensely atmospheric story that perfectly captures the aching loneliness and longing of a teenage girl. -- Sarra Manning * Red *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78470-174-1 (9781784701741)
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Person
Emma Cline is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of The Girls, the story collection Daddy and The Guest. The Girls was a finalist for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It was a New York Times Editors' Choice and was the winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. Cline's stories have been published in The New Yorker, Granta, The Paris Review and The Best American Short Stories. She received the Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review and an O'Henry Award, and was chosen as one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists.