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Emma Cline

Author of The Girls

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About the Author

Emma Cline is the writer of the novel,The Girls and was the recipient of the Paris Review Plimpton Prize. In 2017, she was one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Works by Emma Cline

The Girls (2016) 3,282 copies
The Guest (2023) 334 copies
Daddy: Stories (2020) 217 copies
Harvey (2020) 18 copies
Rewards (2021) 8 copies
Perseids 2 copies
Arcadia (2016) 2 copies
Marion 1 copy
White Noise 1 copy
L'ospite 1 copy

Associated Works

The Best American Short Stories 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 245 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2017 (2017) — Contributor — 171 copies
The Best American Short Stories 2020 (2020) — Contributor — 137 copies
Granta 139: Best of Young American Novelists (2017) — Contributor — 69 copies
The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners (2021) — Contributor — 56 copies
Granta 136: Legacies of Love (2013) — Contributor — 46 copies
Granta 152: Still Life (2020) — Contributor — 36 copies

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This book is fine. It's shocking and appalling maybe if you've never had to survive instead of live; several of the reviews seem to find prostitution and sugaring to be something that young women do to men rather than something men do to young women, which is interesting. Alex's moral core is definitely eroded from having to do whatever she needs to do to survive, but the entire point of the book is that these bratty rich people project onto the blank slate she provides without giving any deeper thought to her personhood. The most interesting part of the story is the contrast between Alex's cunning survival skills and the naive mistakes she makes because she's still so young.… (more)
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prunetracy | 12 other reviews | Nov 7, 2023 |
Lesson learned: I do not like historical fiction, and I do not like historical fiction that has been pasted over with new names and very slightly altered circumstances like a reskinned wattpad fanfiction
 
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maddietherobot | 246 other reviews | Oct 21, 2023 |
Loved this book. Only able to put it down when I couldn't keep my eyes opened anymore.
 
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everettroberts | 246 other reviews | Oct 20, 2023 |
Alex is gross. I suppose she can rationalize her prostitution. Maybe a touch of sociopathy. I don't know what it is that drives her to ooze into people's lives like a leech. Sucking up what she can and leaving behind a trail of slime. Another reviewer said it was had to look away, and it is. She's such a trainwreck and so off kilter that it's fascinating to watch her pick up on cues that allows her to pick situations to insert herself into. I assume nothing will change for her and she herself will not change given the ending. She's sucked back into the original scenario, but we don't get to see how that will turn out. I kind of wish she'll get kicked to the curb but hard.… (more)
 
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Bookmarque | 12 other reviews | Oct 9, 2023 |

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