The Girls (Cline novel)

The Girls: A Novel
US first edition cover
AuthorEmma Cline
Audio read byCady McClain
LanguageEnglish
SubjectManson Family
GenreFiction
Published2016
PublisherRandom House
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages368 pages
ISBN978-0812998603
813/.6
LC ClassPS3603.L547 G57 2016

The Girls is a 2016 debut novel by American author Emma Cline. It is loosely inspired by the Manson Family and the murder of actress Sharon Tate.[1]

The majority of the novel, set in 1969, focuses on 14 year old Evie Boyd, who, feeling isolated and unloved, spends her summer on a ranch with a group of teenage girls devoted to an aspiring musician named Russell Hadrick.

  1. ^ Landis, Dylan (31 May 2016). "'The Girls,' by Emma Cline". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2016.