Marnie arrives in Tocurra with her new and much older husband who she has married to save her family from poverty and who also tells her she will "learn to like it" after he rapes her. The tale is about two outsiders - Marnie and Raven - and how they come to develop an understanding of one another. The author captures the lonely, eerie atmosphere of her story's setting perfectly. It reminded me a lot of Wuthering Heights with that sense of isolation and wilderness. It's a very cold, dark, pastoral and gothically beautiful place. Possibly the first thing I noticed and loved about this novel was the setting. I would guess The Raging Quiet struggles to find an audience when historical fiction is not very popular in YA, and especially the ones that don't feature corsets and dramatic love affairs. This book has been on my mental TBR list since long before I even had a goodreads account, because it seems that everyone who reads it recommends it to me and yet it's taken me so long to get around to it. I never imagined I would enjoy this as much as I did. She lives not far from the sea in a little wooden cottage with medieval front doors.4.5 stars. Among her books are Winter of Fire, Wolf-Woman, and The Juniper Game. Marnies dealings with Raven - her difficulties, frustration, despair, joy, and triumph - are all things I have experienced. For several years I worked with profoundly deaf children in schools, and spoke with them through signs. About the Author Sherryl Jordan writes: All my life I have felt great affinity with deaf people, and have loved sign language. But the suspicious villagers see Ravens transformation as evidence of witchcraft, and suddenly Marnie finds herself facing an ordeal that threatens not only her future with Raven, but her very life. Marnie makes a remarkable discovers about Raver, whom she renames Raven, and the two forge a deep bond that begins to heal her own bruised heart.
Spurned by the townsfolk who suspect her involvement in her husbands death, she has only two friends: the local priest and the madman known as Raver, even more of an outcast than Marnie herself. Book Synopsis OUTSIDERS Widowed just two days after her unwilling marriage to a man twice her age, Marnie finds herself an outsider in the remote seaside village of Torcurra.
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