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Dependent by Brenda Corey Dunne
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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My Thoughts
Dependent by Brenda Corey Dunne is an amazing story. I was riveted from the very first words. The story was so emotional and just ripped at my heart from beginning to end. I wanted to be able to reach out to Ellen. This story felt so raw, so real and so heart-breaking. I cried frequently while reading. This is an incredibly well-written story full of raw emotion. You owe it to yourself to pick up this book. 5+ Stars.
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). DEPENDENT, an adult contemporary fiction, was published by Jolly Fish Press in July of 2014. She has several other manuscripts in various stages of completion. 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 on Vancouver Island with her husband and their three children.
You can find Brenda online here:
https://www.facebook.com/brendacoreydunneauthor
https://twitter.com/overdunne
http://brendacoreydunne.blogspot.ca/
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