"Who wrote the 1960 novel ""Country Girls""?"
The Country Girls The Country Girls The Country Girls is Edna O'Brien's first novel. Released in 1960, it is often credited with breaking silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following World War II. and was later adapted into film. The Irish censor banned the book, shaming her parents; the family's parish priest publicly burned copies of the novel. She won the Kingsley Amis Award in 1962 for "The Country Girls". Caithleen "Kate" Brady and Bridget "Baba" Brennan are two young Irish country girls who have spent their childhood together. As they leave the safety of their
The Girls (Cline novel) trying to get her to live a normal, ordered life, though she feels as though her life as an adult has been boring and unfulfilling while Suzanne was given multiple opportunities and infamy after her stint in prison. "The Washington Post" wrote a favorable review, praising Cline's writing. "NPR" and "The New York Times" also reviewed the work, the former of which wrote that "Emma Cline's thoroughly seductive debut novel, "The Girls", re-imagines the world of Charles Manson's female followers, and does so with a particularly effective literary device." The Girls (Cline novel) The Girls is a 2016 debut novel