Northern California, 1969. The summer is restless, violent, and ripe for change. Evie Boyd is fourteen, lonely, and desperate to belong. When she notices a group of older girls drifting through the park, carefree, magnetic, dangerous, she follows. At their center is Suzanne, a girl who radiates power and possibility.
Evie is drawn into their orbit and into the clutches of a soon-to-be infamous cult led by a charismatic man hidden away on a crumbling ranch. What feels like freedom quickly twists into obsession, secrecy, and the threat of violence.
Emma Cline’s The Girls, finalist for multiple literary prizes and named one of the year’s best books by The Washington Post, NPR, and The Guardian, is haunting, provocative, and unforgettable.
