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The Girls by Emma Cline, Ernest Riera is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Girls about?
Girls - their vulnerability, strength, and passion to belong - are at the heart of this stunning first novel for readers of Jeffrey Eugenides' The Virgin Suicides and Jennifer Egan's A Visit from the Goon Squad.“Spellbinding... a seductive and arresting coming-of-age story.” - The New York Times Book Review Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, and their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader. "Finely intelligent, often superbly written, with flashingly brilliant sentences, The Girls is also a symptomatic product not of the sixties but of our own age." - James Wood, The New YorkerHidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, and charged - a place where she feels desperate to be accepted. As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession
Who reads The Girls?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Emma Cline, Ernest Riera
- Publisher
- Vintage Digital
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812988024
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.48 / 5 (379 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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