Monday, May 23, 2016

Manson.

Having lived through the 60's I remember the awful Charles Manson situation.  Morbid curiosity led me to Bugliosi's book on the crime spree, Helter Skelter.  Now, here we are again.  One the Manson's girls is (was?) up for parole and the story is being told one more in this fictionalized form.  The book is getting plenty of attention. but I haven't read enough to  give an opinion, so.....  

here's what the back of the book teases....

Northern California, during the violent end of the 60's.  At the start of the summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon.  Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne, a mesmerizing older girl, and is drawn into the circle of a soon-to-be infamous cult and the man who is its charismatic leader.  

Hidden in the hills, their sprawling ranch is eerie and run down, but to Evie, it is exotic, thrilling, charged - a place where she feels desperate to be accepted.  As she spends more time away from her mother and the rhythms of her daily life, and as her obsession with Suzanne intensifies, Evie does not realize she is coming closer and closer to unthinkable violence, and to the moment in a girl's life when everything can go horribly wrong.

...razor sharp precision and startling psychological insight....

We'll see...

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