The Girls
About this book
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, 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. Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, 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 with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence, and to that moment in a girl’s life when everything can go horribly wrong.
Reader Profile
3.5/5 · 250891 readers · 352 pages · ≈ 6 h 31 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read The Girls?
About ≈ 6 h 31 m — 352 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Girls?
352 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Girls?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is The Girls in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Girls?
Emma Cline.