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RELATIVE DANGER
by June Shaw
ISBN: 1-59414-531-8
Publisher: Five Star
Cealie Gunther avoids things that bind—like control-top pantyhose and Gil Thurman.
Widowed Cealie thinks she wants to avoid her hunky ex-lover Gil as she travels while trying to rediscover herself. But he opens Cajun restaurants in many cities, and Cealie's not great at avoiding temptation. She tries to avoid family members so she won't become dependant, but since her family is most important, constantly winds up around them. Murder is always involved. Cealie gets drawn in, although as owner of a copyediting agency she knows parts of speech but not weapons. She's dropping by to visit her motherless granddaughter now and watch her become a high school graduate—unless Cealie's interference in the school creates a catastrophe involving someone very special.
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Note to the Reader: Getting older doesn't mean we have to stop having fun. Inspiration for my spunky protagonist came from my squeeze Bob, who will do or say almost anything, and my mom Nora. I often wonder whether people around here would talk to me if it weren't for asking what Mom's been up to. She can barely see but had me bring her close when a bride was ready to toss her bouquet—and then she stole it.
Also inspiring me are the various sources for fun and learning during the phase of life where I've happily settled. Gail Sheehy refers to it as Second Adulthood (mid 40's to mid 70's.) I found her books after I'd written mine and realized how many women want to rediscover themselves. For terrific fun other than with my family, I belong to the Red Hat Society.
I don't normally hold snakes, but my Red Hat group went on a swamp tour. We were asked who'd hold a nonpoisonous snake that wouldn't bite. Nobody else volunteered. Check out my Photo Gallery to see me holding an alligator.
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A friend asked whether I dedicated this first novel to my mom. I would have—but someone will have to read it to her, and unless that person skips certain scenes (concerning an ex-lover), Mom will be shocked and say, “She dedicated it to me, and she wrote that?” So I compromised. Mom is first in my acknowledgment page, and I dedicated the book to my squeeze Bob. (He doesn't mind that I wrote those scenes.)
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