The Girls

"You may have heard that The Girls is a fictional version of the infamous Manson Family murders. Really it is more about the toxic mixture of neediness and naiveté that can lead a young girl into a terrible situation from which there is no return. Evie, an unhappy teenager, is adrift and aimless one summer when she becomes fascinated by Suzanne, the leader of a group of girls who live in a nearby commune. As an adult Evie looks back on that summer, she sees how close she came to being part of a brutal murder, and it becomes obvious that she has never fully recovered from it. This is a chilling story, made more compelling by Cline’s ability to show us just how easily such a close encounter with evil can happen."