![]() ![]() The word "wet" is used 43 times in the novel.Evie's lust for Suzanne and her need for belonging take her down a dark path and threaten to pull her into monstrous evil. Suzanne's bold sexuality and free-spiritedness are a powerful attraction to teenaged Evie, alienated from her divorced parents, looking desperately for meaning and acceptance. Alienated suburbanite Evie is strongly attracted to the rebellious free-love atmosphere of Russell's dirty little commune, and specifically to Suzanne, one of Russell's most devoted followers. The story turns out to be a fictionalized retelling of the Charles Manson murders. ![]() The presence of the girl forcefully reminds Evie of the most tumultuous time in her life: the two months in 1969 when 14-year-old Evie was a member of a cult led by a ragamuffin would-be musician named Russell. Her temp gig as a housesitter is interrupted when the owner's son and his needy teenaged girlfriend arrive. The Girls (2016) is the debut novel by Emma Cline.Įvie Boyd is a rather aimless middle-aged woman working as a live-in personal assistant, sometime around the turn of the 21st century. ![]()
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