Emma Cline is the
Sunday Times and
New York Times bestselling author of
The Girls and the story collection
Daddy.
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.
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 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
A coming-of-age tale like no other …
the book of the summerStunning…thrilling… A spectacular achievementThis book will break your heart and blow your mindThe read of the summerA tense and claustrophobic readTaut, beautiful and savage, Cline’s novel demands your attentionAn exhilarating readDarker than anything
Gone Girl had to offerA seductive and arresting coming-of-age story...spellbindingAn intensely atmospheric story that perfectly captures the aching loneliness and longing of a teenage girl.One of the best novels I've read about female adolescence... And as with so many novels about cults,
The Girls is set to inspire a cultish devotion all of its ownA joy to read… Intense, clever, beautifulBrimming with intelligence and ideas… Buy it for the Mansonesque plot but savour it for its insightsI don't know which is more amazing, Emma Cline's understanding of human beings or her mastery of language.
