{"title":"BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS","description":"Dotters Book Club was founded in 2017. Each of these books has been read or will be read for our book club.","products":[{"product_id":"the-girls-by-emma-cline","title":"The Girls by Emma Cline","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDotters Book Club Pick - October 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Penguin Random House:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorthern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of 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. 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