The Madness - Softcover

Rattle, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471401030 ISBN 13: 9781471401039

Verlag: Hot Key Books, 2016

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A thrilling Victorian tale of dangerous obsession and betrayal

Sixteen-year-old Marnie lives in the idyllic coastal village of Clevedon. Despite being crippled by a childhood 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. But then she meets Noah. Charming, handsome, son-of-the-local-Lord, Noah. She quickly develops a passion for him - a passion which consumes her.

As Marnie's infatuation turns to fixation she starts to lose her grip on reality, and a harrowing and dangerous obsession develops that 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 all those around her.

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Alison Rattle is the author of The Quietness.

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Marnie tugged off her boots. Already her toes tingled in anticipation of the cold froth of seawater. There was a sound behind her. The crunching of shingle and shells. She turned quickly, afraid that Ma or Smoaker had seen her and had come to thrash the back of her legs and drag her back to the hut. She stumbled in surprise. It wasn't Ma or Smoaker at all, but the boy in the blue suit, walking right towards her with a shy smile on his face.

'Hello,' he said. 'I've seen you here before, haven't I?'

Marnie nodded slowly, readying herself for a sneer and a nasty taunt. Close up, she saw he was older than her. Sixteen, maybe? Or seventeen? His pale complexion was shaded by a wide-brimmed hat trimmed with a band of blue ribbon to match his jacket and waistcoat. There was something strange about his eyes, though.

'You're the dipper's daughter, aren't you?' he asked.

Again, Marnie nodded slowly. She saw then what it was with his eyes. The left one was blue, while the right one was grey, like a rain cloud had passed over an early morning sky.

'I shouldn't be here,' Marnie said quietly. She bit her lip and peered over her shoulder. She felt cornered. She wanted to wade into the sea right now and swim away from this stranger. But she knew she couldn't. What was he going to do next? Usually the taunts came straight away, but this boy seemed to be looking at her kindly. It was a cruel trick, she was sure. Any minute now he would spit on her and push her to the ground.

'Where should you be then?' he asked.

Marnie looked down at her bare feet. She tried to move her twisted foot behind the other to hide it. The boy didn't seem to notice. There was no sign of mockery on his face.

'Where should you be?' he asked again.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Hot Key Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1471401030
• ISBN 13: 9781471401039
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
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