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Category: Young Adult
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
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.
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