Teaser Tuesdays #92 ~ Dependent

Posted: December 16, 2014 in Adult Fiction, Meme, Teaser Tuesdays
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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

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Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page.
•Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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My Tease for this week is from

Dependent

by Brenda Corey Dunne

18755012

 

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My Tease

 My groggy thoughts are interrupted by a slow, methodical click barely audible at first, and then louder. Click. Click. Click.

 I realize the sound is footsteps, and the footsteps are in the hallway. Click. Click.

 My breath catches in my throat. I’m naked, in John’s room illegally, and the footsteps are coming closer. Surely they will continue on down the hallway, and I pray they do as there is nowhere to go in this miniscule room if they don’t.

 Click. Click. Click. 

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Synopsis

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 posttraumatic 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.

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Comments
  1. I want to know what happens next! Does he find her? Great teaser! Here is my TT https://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2014/12/16/teaser-tuesday-december-16/

  2. fuonlyknew says:

    I’ll never tell!LOL On my way to check out yours now.

  3. P.D. Workman says:

    Awkward! The cover is very interesting too.

    Mine this week is a western with a twist: http://pdworkman.com/excerpt-from-widow-boy-teasertuesday-books/

  4. Wow! That’s quite a teaser. I hope you review this one because I definitely want to hear more about it!

    • fuonlyknew says:

      I’ll be reviewing it. The teaser is much more than I revealed. One more sentence and I would have given away something huge.

  5. Oh, wow, sounds like a powerful story! Thanks for sharing…and here’s mine: “A FIREPROOF HOME FOR THE BRIDE”

  6. Kathy Martin says:

    I haven’t heard of this book but it sounds like it is an interesting story. Happy reading!

  7. I’m hooked with that teaser. Now I have to check out the book.
    Thanks for stopping by earlier.
    Here’s My Teaser

  8. Sounds interesting. I want to know where if the footsteps keep going!
    Thanks for stopping by.

  9. Dagny says:

    I’ve known a lot of service wives which makes this one very interesting to me.
    Mine this week is Bohemians of the Latin Quarter which was the basis for the opera La Bohème. http://wp.me/pZnGI-gt

  10. yvonne473 says:

    I haven’t heard of this one before. It sounds good.

  11. Ooh that was a great teaser!! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

    Stormi

  12. Suzie Quint says:

    Sounds like it’s be intense. Thanks for stopping by mine.

  13. Louisa says:

    Reading the teaser, I thought it was a thriller, it was that creepy! Though the synopsis paints a different picture! Great teaser! Thanks for stopping by! Happy reading!

  14. Shaina says:

    Ooh, this one sounds absolutely fascinating. Great teaser!

    Thanks for the visit to my blog, too. 🙂

  15. The cover is beautiful, and you’ve certainly left me with a lot to be desired, what happens next!? Gah!

  16. Hi Laura,

    Great cover art on this book.

    An interesting synopsis highlighting the way in which service personnel and their dependents the world over, are cast aside once they have served their useful purpose.

    Intriguing teaser lines which would have me believing that somehow Ellen has snuck into a restricted military area and is now in fear of being discovered. I may be way out in my thoughts, so I hope that you put me out of my misery, as I am not sure that this is a book for my reading shelf!

    Great lines and thanks for sharing.

    Yvonne.

    • fuonlyknew says:

      This scene is powerful and important for the growth of the character.
      I actually did something very similar to this but the outcome was quite different.

  17. Alice Audrey says:

    I’m sure the person is headed right for the little room. What a situation.

  18. Verushka says:

    an ominous teaser,and a heartbreaking summary, oh my! Thanks for sharing! And for commenting on mine http://editingeverything.com/bookish-thoughts-2/teaser-tuesday-mortal-gods/

  19. lisa-marie says:

    Wow, that’s a great teaser! I love the cover, too; looks like she’s a prisoner! Thanks for stopping by my blog!

  20. Jaina says:

    What a fascinating looking book! Great TT. 🙂

  21. Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace says:

    Holy hell… kind of gives you the shivers!

    Naomi @ Nomi’s Paranormal Palace

  22. Eustacia Tan says:

    It sounds really intense! I’m not sure if it’s the stuff I normally read, but I’m intrigued!

  23. Cherie Reads says:

    Now, that is a fantastic teaser! I must know what happens! And why she’s there in the first place!

    Thanks for stopping by my TT the other day!

  24. empeck says:

    Yikes! Not a position I’d want to be in! Sounds like an interesting book, though. My dad left the military with a Purple Heart long before I was born, but it stayed with him throughout my childhood. We ended up moving around a lot, too, since he was hired on by the VA, and got transferred around the country every few years.

    Anyhoo, thanks for dropping by my TT!

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