Thu, 27 Jun
|Keynsham
The Girls by Emma Cline
Loosely based around the Manson cult, Emma Cline's The Girls explores the classic 1960's allure of a hippie life on the edge of society.
Time & Location
27 Jun 2024, 19:30 – 21:00
Keynsham, 33 High St, Keynsham, Bristol BS31 1DP, UK
About the event
Blurb
The summer of 1969. In the dying days of a floundering counter-culture a young girl is unwittingly caught up in unthinkable violence, and a decision made at this moment, on the cusp of adulthood, will shape her life.... 'This book will break your heart and blow your mind.' Lena Dunham Evie Boyd is desperate to be noticed. In the summer of 1969, empty days stretch out under the California sun. The smell of honeysuckle thickens the air and the sidewalks radiate heat. Until she sees them. The snatch of cold laughter. Hair, long and uncombed. Dirty dresses skimming the tops of thighs. Cheap rings like a second set of knuckles. The girls. And at the centre, Russell. Russell and the ranch, down a long dirt track and deep in the hills. Incense and clumsily strummed chords. Rumours of sex, frenzied gatherings, teen runaways. Was there a warning, a sign of things to come? Or is Evie already too enthralled by the girls to see that her life is about to be changed forever?
About the author
Emma Cline is from California. Her fiction has appeared in Tin House and the Paris Review. She was the recipient of the 2014 Paris Review Plimpton Prize for fiction and is a Granta Best Young American Novelist.
Tickets
Books & Bellini's | 27th June
Includes your entry and bellini
£10.00+£0.25 service fee
Total
£0.00