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"The door flew open and they burst in--a dozen or so, armed with swords and cudgels. Their leader was a fair, stocky man with a bully's face who announced himself Robert Danson, sheriff, and told us we were all under arrest.

"Edward Beale stood and asked, 'By what authority?'

" 'This is an illegal meeting under the act newly passed by Parliament.'

" 'We are a peaceable people,' said Edward. 'We have come here to wait upon God in the silence --'

"Danson seized Edward and threw him to the floor. The old man fell hard. I gasped, and heard the intake of breath throughout the meeting. I was shocked that they would treat an old man so; and frightened, too, as I realized what was to come.

" 'Seize them all!' cried Danson.

"The soldiers began to strike left and right, hitting anyone within reach. They struck people with fists and clubs. I saw Samuel Minton fall, and his wife on top of him. Judith's brother Tom was struck across the face. Hannah Davies, with her child in her arms, was flung toward the door."

Those sanitized versions in grade school US history books that we all grew up with, of the Quakers coming to Colonial America in order to be able to worship as they pleased, do not begin to hint at the real picture of what these people were subjected to in Britain shortly after the death of Cromwell and the restoration of the monarchy.

Set in 1662, the graphic, gut-wrenching depictions of the violence and "intolerance" of Quakers in Britain makes NO SHAME, NO FEAR the most significant piece of YA literature I have ever read in regard to that cornerstone--the freedom of religion--upon which our nation was founded.

But the relationship between the book's two narrators, 15 year-old Susanna, daughter of Quaker parents, and 17 year-old William, just back from Oxford, and son to a prosperous and influential Anglican merchant, makes NO SHAME, NO FEAR also one of the great love stories of the year.

"I thought about her all the time; imagined being alone with her, being free to touch, to kiss. The strength of my feelings took me by surprise; I had known nothing of this before.

"But I had to keep her secret. I knew my father would see any connection with a servant girl as beneath me, and if he found out she was a Quaker, he would be furious. And yet I sought her out, not just in the safety of Mary's shop, but around the town."

From reading NO SHAME, NO FEAR it is fair to conclude that the supposedly good people of 17th century Britain spent a lot of time (literally) throwing horse manure at those they despised. Ann Turnbull's vivid depictions extend to details of that era's housing, cooking, laundering and bathing, commerce, apprenticeships, court, health care, and prison systems.

Susanna is working for Mary, a fellow Quaker who runs a print shop, and at one point deep into the story when nearly all the Quakers in town are jailed--asphyxiating, being gnawed on by lice, fleas, and rats, and sharing one coed slops bucket among dozens of prisoners--William offers to operate the press for Mary, who had intended to find and hire on some muscled ex-convict to do the work. In observing William's attempt to master the process by trying to actually print a pamphlet, we get a true sense of the work involved:

" 'Concerning the PERSECUTION...' It looked at once more impressive in print.

" 'Well? I did it!'

" 'Then do another.'

"We printed another page, and a third. Nat came in from the kitchen to watch.

"By the fifteenth page I was tired, and by the twentieth my neck and shoulders ached and the strain must have shown in my face.

" 'Could thou run off sixty?' Mary asked, a glint of laughter in her eyes. 'A hundred? Five hundred?'

"I smiled and shook my head. 'Find thyself a vagrant.' "

"Love is careless in its choosing - sweeping over cross a baby

Love descends on those defenseless

Idiot love will spark the fusion" --David Bowie, "Soul Love"

"I went up to my room and flung myself flat on my back on the bed and gave way to thoughts of Susanna and the feelings she aroused in me. She'd be with the Mintons now, sharing a bed with Judith. Suppose I'd brought Susanna here, to my own bed? I imagined smuggling her in, holding and kissing her as we reached the secrecy of my room; imagined how she'd feel without stays, with her hair loose and falling across my neck and arms."

There is no sanitized happy ending to NO SHAME, NO FEAR, but merely an end to a chapter in the couple's young lives. Ann Turnbull is now hard at work on the sequel.


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No Shame No Fear Ann Turnbull Books Reviews

In 1662 England, fifteen-year-old Susanna Thorn lives daily in the fear of her parents being arrested. Their crime? Quakerism. From a modern viewpoint, it is difficult to imagine what harm simple, honest, peaceful "Friends" could do. However, the right to worship freely did not exist in 1662 England. The church of England was THE religion. Those of other religious sects openly living their beliefs were at risk of persecution and even prosecution. The Quakers in particular, who believed in equality of class and gender, were a serious threat to traditional English society.

It is unsurprising, then, that Susanna's story opens with her home being raided and her father imprisoned. With her family's livelihood at stake, Susanna goes to work as a lowly print shop's assistant in the local town of Hemsbury. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Hemsbury native Will Heywood is living under very different circumstances. The only son of a wealthy merchant, Will has just returned from London, where he received a classical education and now has plenty of opportunities awaiting him. So when Will meets Susanna and is drawn to her faith just as Quaker meetings are outlawed, his life seems to have taken the worst possible turn.

This riveting, bittersweet read had me thinking about the persecution members of my church (Mormonism) have faced and asking myself if I had the strength to follow my religion so unashamedly in the same position. In fact the severe, unending persecution these characters endured made it difficult to read. The simple, unadorned writing, however, made the pages fly by. Overall, a sweet story of young love amidst seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
I really liked this book. It is set in a fascinating time period and is about such a strong group of people. They are not any stronger in anyone in else in a physical sense, but their faith helped them to endure terrible hardships without fear.

I liked Susanna, but it was Will's storyline that interested me the most. He grew and changed throughout the story while Susanna remained basically the same person as she was at the beginning. A little older and wiser, but the same. I liked how the story told of Will's difficulties in facing his father. He was willing to brave the authorities and risk arrest for his new friends and faith, but he was afraid of how his family would react.

This story is less about religion than it is about those who's lives are changed by it. This is a book about human beings with ordinary lives who make ordinary mistakes, but their beliefs help them make it through the troubles and misunderstandings of ordinary life. They endure horrible persecutions, but the book always seemed to be more about the characters than it is about any of the bad things that happens to them.

I would recommend this book and its sequel, Forged in the Fire, to anyone who is interested in history, religion, or young people growing up.
I read this book back in high school. I love the sweet innocent romance of these two. They make a second book called 'Forged in the Fire' which is also really good.
What I liked most about this read is that I felt like I learned something about the Quakers and the hardships they experienced. The author did a nice job revealing what the persecution was like during this time period. Nothing felt sugarcoated or downplayed. At some points, I felt the author was defensive and biased about their religious beliefs, but I understand that she probably did this to portray the injustices against the Quakers. I also liked the characters and the quiet strength the female heroin possessed.

To me, I feel like I walked away from this book thinking more about the Quakers than the actual love story in the book, which is not what I had expected when I saw the the inscription "A novel of love and persecution" on the cover. I like the book and feel like it was good historical fiction rather than a great romance.
"The door flew open and they burst in--a dozen or so, armed with swords and cudgels. Their leader was a fair, stocky man with a bully's face who announced himself Robert Danson, sheriff, and told us we were all under arrest.

"Edward Beale stood and asked, 'By what authority?'

" 'This is an illegal meeting under the act newly passed by Parliament.'

" 'We are a peaceable people,' said Edward. 'We have come here to wait upon God in the silence --'

"Danson seized Edward and threw him to the floor. The old man fell hard. I gasped, and heard the intake of breath throughout the meeting. I was shocked that they would treat an old man so; and frightened, too, as I realized what was to come.

" 'Seize them all!' cried Danson.

"The soldiers began to strike left and right, hitting anyone within reach. They struck people with fists and clubs. I saw Samuel Minton fall, and his wife on top of him. Judith's brother Tom was struck across the face. Hannah Davies, with her child in her arms, was flung toward the door."

Those sanitized versions in grade school US history books that we all grew up with, of the Quakers coming to Colonial America in order to be able to worship as they pleased, do not begin to hint at the real picture of what these people were subjected to in Britain shortly after the death of Cromwell and the restoration of the monarchy.

Set in 1662, the graphic, gut-wrenching depictions of the violence and "intolerance" of Quakers in Britain makes NO SHAME, NO FEAR the most significant piece of YA literature I have ever read in regard to that cornerstone--the freedom of religion--upon which our nation was founded.

But the relationship between the book's two narrators, 15 year-old Susanna, daughter of Quaker parents, and 17 year-old William, just back from Oxford, and son to a prosperous and influential Anglican merchant, makes NO SHAME, NO FEAR also one of the great love stories of the year.

"I thought about her all the time; imagined being alone with her, being free to touch, to kiss. The strength of my feelings took me by surprise; I had known nothing of this before.

"But I had to keep her secret. I knew my father would see any connection with a servant girl as beneath me, and if he found out she was a Quaker, he would be furious. And yet I sought her out, not just in the safety of Mary's shop, but around the town."

From reading NO SHAME, NO FEAR it is fair to conclude that the supposedly good people of 17th century Britain spent a lot of time (literally) throwing horse manure at those they despised. Ann Turnbull's vivid depictions extend to details of that era's housing, cooking, laundering and bathing, commerce, apprenticeships, court, health care, and prison systems.

Susanna is working for Mary, a fellow Quaker who runs a print shop, and at one point deep into the story when nearly all the Quakers in town are jailed--asphyxiating, being gnawed on by lice, fleas, and rats, and sharing one coed slops bucket among dozens of prisoners--William offers to operate the press for Mary, who had intended to find and hire on some muscled ex-convict to do the work. In observing William's attempt to master the process by trying to actually print a pamphlet, we get a true sense of the work involved

" 'Concerning the PERSECUTION...' It looked at once more impressive in print.

" 'Well? I did it!'

" 'Then do another.'

"We printed another page, and a third. Nat came in from the kitchen to watch.

"By the fifteenth page I was tired, and by the twentieth my neck and shoulders ached and the strain must have shown in my face.

" 'Could thou run off sixty?' Mary asked, a glint of laughter in her eyes. 'A hundred? Five hundred?'

"I smiled and shook my head. 'Find thyself a vagrant.' "

"Love is careless in its choosing - sweeping over cross a baby

Love descends on those defenseless

Idiot love will spark the fusion" --David Bowie, "Soul Love"

"I went up to my room and flung myself flat on my back on the bed and gave way to thoughts of Susanna and the feelings she aroused in me. She'd be with the Mintons now, sharing a bed with Judith. Suppose I'd brought Susanna here, to my own bed? I imagined smuggling her in, holding and kissing her as we reached the secrecy of my room; imagined how she'd feel without stays, with her hair loose and falling across my neck and arms."

There is no sanitized happy ending to NO SHAME, NO FEAR, but merely an end to a chapter in the couple's young lives. Ann Turnbull is now hard at work on the sequel.