The Audio Book Club

The Audio Book Club Hangs Out With the Girls

Slate critics discuss Emma Cline’s feverish reimagining of the Manson murders.

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Slate critics Laura Bennett, Hanna Rosin, and Katy Waldman discuss The Girls, Emma Cline’s dark and dreamy take on the Manson murders, adolescence, and the enthralling power of female friendships.

Next month, the Audio Book Club will dig into two books at once! Those titles are The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead and Underground Airlines by Ben Winters. Read the novels and stay tuned for our discussion in October!

Visit our Audio Book Club archive page for a complete list of the more than 75 books we’ve discussed over the years. Or you can listen to any of our previous club meetings through our iTunes feed.

See all the pieces in this month’s Slate Book Review.

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