The Madness

Description

Sixteen-year-old Marnie lives in the idyllic village of Clevedon. Despite being crippled by exposure to polio, she seems set to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a 'dipper', escorting fragile female bathers into the sea. Her life is simple and safe until she meets Noah. Charming, handsome, son-of-the-local Lord, Noah. She quickly develops a passion for him - a passion that consumes her.As Marnie's infatuation turns to fixation she starts to lose her grip on reality. Her dangerous obsession seems certain to end in tragedy. Set in the early Victorian era when propriety, modesty and repression were the rule, this is a taut psychological drama in which the breakdown of a young woman's emotional state will have a devastating impact on those around her.

Alison grew up in Liverpool, and now lives in a medieval house in Somerset with her three teenage children, her partner - a carpenter - an extremely naughty Jack Russell and a ghost cat. She has co-authored a number of non-fiction titles on subjects as diverse as growing old, mad monarchs, how to boil a flamingo, the history of America and the biography of a nineteenth-century baby killer. She has worked as a fashion designer, a production controller, a painter and decorator, a barmaid, and now owns and runs a vintage tea room. THE QUIETNESS was Alison's first novel for young adult readers, and explored the relationship between two girls caught in the dark underbelly of Victorian London. Follow Alison at www.alisonrattle.com or on Twitter: @alisonrattle

An excellent work of historical fiction perfectly written for teenagers. * We Love This Book (PRAISE FOR THE QUIETNESS) *