The Girls by Emma Cline - ISBN: 9781784701741
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Lost girls, summer of ‘69, a dark cult awaits.

The Girls

‘Take it to the beach and savour every page’ Observer

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  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2017

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Summary

The bestselling debut that took 2016 by storm - a brilliant coming-of-age story with a dark heart.

A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family from one of the most exciting young voices in fiction.

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, jewelry catching the sun. And at…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784701741
ISBN-10:1784701742
Author:Emma Cline
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:15 May 2017
Weight:260g
Dimensions:194mm x 128mm x 28mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

A coming-of-age tale like no other … the book of the summer

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 *

About The Author

Emma Cline

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.

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