My favourite Manson girl

the long version

Fifteen-year-old Anna 'borrows' the family credit card and runs away to LA to crash with her sister. But Hollywood isn't the escape she needs, and now she's trapped in a town full of lost souls and wannabes - with no friends, no cash, and no return ticket. When her sister's obsessive ex offers her a job researching the murderous Manson girls for his next indie film, she reluctantly accepts. This is not quite the summer Anna had in mind; but the more she learns about the girls and their fates, the more she comes to understand her family - and herself.