THE INSTANT BESTSELLER â€¢ An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF

The Girls: A Novel

THE INSTANT BESTSELLER â€¢ An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post â€¢ NPR â€¢ The Guardian â€¢ Entertainment Weekly â€¢ San Francisco Chronicle â€¢ Financial Times â€¢ Esquire â€¢ Newsweek â€¢ Vogue â€¢ Glamour â€¢ People â€¢ The Huffington Post â€¢ Elle â€¢ Harperâ€™s Bazaar â€¢ Time Out â€¢ BookPage â€¢ Publishers Weekly â€¢ Slate

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, chargedâ€”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.

Finalist for theÂ Los Angeles TimesÂ Book Prize â€¢Â Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Award â€¢ Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize â€¢Â The New York Times Book ReviewÂ Editorsâ€™ Choice â€¢ Emma Clineâ€”One of Grantaâ€™s Best of Young American Novelists

Praise for The Girls

â€œSpellbinding . . . a seductive and arresting coming-of-age story.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review

â€œExtraordinary . . . Debut novels like this are rare, indeed.â€â€”The Washington Post

â€œHypnotic.â€â€”The Wall Street Journal

â€œGorgeous.â€â€”Los Angeles Times

â€œSavage.â€â€”The Guardian

â€œAstonishing.â€â€”The Boston Globe

â€œSuperbly written.â€â€”James Wood, The New Yorker

â€œIntensely consuming.â€â€”Richard Ford

â€œA spectacular achievement.â€â€”Lucy Atkins, The Times

â€œThrilling.â€â€”Jennifer Egan

â€œCompelling and startling.â€â€”The Economist
Country USA
Brand Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 47486415
Color Blue
ReleaseDate 2017-05-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812988024

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Manufacturer	Random House Trade Paperbacks
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	47486415
Color	Blue
ReleaseDate	2017-05-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812988024

The Girls: A Novel

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