About Dependent:
When
45-year-old Ellen Michaels loses her husband to a tragic military
accident, she is left in a world of gray. For 25 years her life has been
dictated by the ubiquitous They—the military establishment that has
included her like chattel with John’s worldly goods—his Dependents,
Furniture, and Effects. They—who have stolen her hopes, her dreams and
her innocence, and now in mere months will take away the roof over her
head. Ellen is left with nothing to hold on to but memories and guilt
and an awful secret that has held her in its grip since she was 19.
John’s
untimely death
takes away her anchor, and now, without the
military, there is no one to tell her where to go, what to do— no one
to dictate who she is. Dependent deals with issues ever-present in
today’s service families—early marriage, frequent long absences, the
culture of rank, and post traumatic stress, as well as harassment and
abuse of power by higher-ranking officials. It presents a raw and
realistic view of life for the lives of the invisible support behind the
uniform.
Release date estimated July 29, 2014.
About the author:
Brenda Corey Dunne
grew up in rural New Brunswick, Canada. She originally
trained as a physiotherapist and worked several years as a
Physiotherapy Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force before meeting the
love of her life and taking her release.
She completed her first full length manuscript in 2008 as a bucket-list item and since then she has self-published a work of YA historical fiction (TREASURE IN THE FLAME), and has several other manuscripts in various stages of completion. DEPENDENT, an adult contemporary fiction, will be published by Jolly Fish Press in summer 2014. Brenda is represented by Jennifer Mishler and Frances Black of Literary Counsel.
When not working as a physiotherapist or writing, Brenda can be found juggling taxi-mom duties, working in the garden or strolling through the horse paddock with a coffee in hand. She currently resides on a small hobby farm in Eastern Ontario (Canada) with her husband and their three children, two horses, a dog, a cat, several chickens and the occasional sheep.
She completed her first full length manuscript in 2008 as a bucket-list item and since then she has self-published a work of YA historical fiction (TREASURE IN THE FLAME), and has several other manuscripts in various stages of completion. DEPENDENT, an adult contemporary fiction, will be published by Jolly Fish Press in summer 2014. Brenda is represented by Jennifer Mishler and Frances Black of Literary Counsel.
When not working as a physiotherapist or writing, Brenda can be found juggling taxi-mom duties, working in the garden or strolling through the horse paddock with a coffee in hand. She currently resides on a small hobby farm in Eastern Ontario (Canada) with her husband and their three children, two horses, a dog, a cat, several chickens and the occasional sheep.
Links of Note:
Amazon pre-order of Dependent here: http://www.amazon.com/Dependent-Novel-Brenda-Corey-Dunne/dp/1939967368/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1384175499&sr=1-1&keywords=dependent+brenda
Brenda's blog: brendacoreydunne.blogspot.ca
Brenda's Twitter handle: @overdunne : https://twitter.com/overdunne
Follow Brenda on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brendacoreydunneauthor
This definitely sounds like a read that tugs at the heart and soul of who a woman is. The cover is lovely, as well. I like it's simplicity. Congratulations to Brenda!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Brenda
DeleteThank you Yelena for helping me show this fabulous cover to the world! I love it. :) AND I have the best agent mates/writing friends EVER. :) Brenda
ReplyDeleteIt was my pleasure, as always! :) And I love the cover, btw!
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