Summary, Analysis & Review of Emma Cline's The Girls by Instaread

Summary, Analysis & Review of Emma Cline's The Girls by Instaread

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The Girls by Emma Cline is a novel loosely based on the events leading up to the Manson Family murders in the summer of 1969. Lured by sexual desire and the prospect of female friendship, Evie Boyd, an unhappy 14-year-old, spends a large chunk of her summer colluding with a cult. Some 40 years in the future, an unexpected encounter causes Evie to reflect on that experience at length.

As the story begins, middle-aged Ev...