Marlena
What is the importance of Silver Lake in the novel, Marlena?
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Silver Lake is the small community in Northern Michigan that becomes home for Cat in the aftermath of her parents' divorce. Even within the broader-strokes isolation of Northern Michigan, Silver Lake is portrayed as being particularly isolated, its limited opportunities for young people like Cat and Marlena being a fundamental trigger for what comes across as their somewhat desperate clinging to the friendship and connection that the other provides.
Marlena