Northern California, the turbulent 1960s are coming to an end. At the beginning of summer, lonely, self-absorbed 14-year-old Evie Boyd sees a group of girls in the park. They are strikingly different from everyone Evie knows. Relaxed manners, casual clothing, freedom in every movement, in every glance and an aura of isolation from the rest of the world. Evie is fascinated by them. And soon she herself will become one of these girls, joining a commune where there is no place for rules, where life is completely different from the usual routine, where the world revolves around a charismatic leader. Fascinated by a new life, obsessed with a new friend, Evie comes closer and closer to the abyss, to the point that will change places of life and death. Girls is Emma Cline's debut novel and a major literary event. Behind the plot one can discern the outline of the story of Charles Manson and his commune-sect, which consisted mostly of young girls. Emma Cline's novel, permeated with the atmosphere of the sixties, is about secret desires, about deep complexes hidden even from oneself, about the defenselessness and vulnerability of youth, about the lack of love, about how far girls can go in search of this love and warmth.