1784740446 
Hardback The girls : a novel / Emma Cline.
Publication year: 2016
Language: English
Media type Hardback
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9781784740443 (hbk.) :
Extent: 355 pages ; 24 cm
Available: 2
Total number of loans: 2
Loans this year: 0
Number of reservations: 0
Description:
California. The summer of 1969. In the dying days of a floundering counter-culture a young girl is unwittingly caught up in unthinkable violence, and a decision made at this moment, on the cusp of adulthood, will shape her life. Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out under the California sun. The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. Until she sees them. The snatch of cold laughter. Hair, long and uncombed. Dirty dresses skimming the tops of thighs. Cheap rings like a second set of knuckles. The girls. And at the centre, Russell. Russell and the ranch, down a long dirt track and deep in the hills. Incense and clumsily strummed chords. Rumours of sex, frenzied gatherings, teen runaways. Was there a warning, a sign of things to come? Or is Evie already too enthralled by the girls to see that her life is about to be changed forever?
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If you want a blunt, honest, uncluttered view of cult living this author gives it to you right between the eyes. Very easy to identify with the characters and the story made me squirm. That said, couldn't put it down.
09/05/18