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Phyllis Zimbler Miller
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Mrs. Lieutenant
Literature & Fiction
Author Insight
Inspired by True Events
In the spring of 1970 I accompanied my new husband to Ft. Knox. The experiences I had made a strong impression on me, and many years later I wanted to share a fictional account of this slice of women's social history. I decided to self-publish at the same time I entered the manuscript in the 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competition. When MRS. LIEUTENANT was selected as a semifinalist, I had confirmation that this story that I so believed in would appeal to others.
Book Excerpt
Mrs. Lieutenant
SHARON - I - May 4
President Nixon announces he is sending U.S. troops into Cambodia ... April 30, 1970
“It has been said that when a man acquires a commission, the government has gained not one, but two – the officer and his wife.” Mrs. Lieutenant booklet
They drive around the western edge of Lake Michigan, past the industrial suburbs of Chicago, down into the flat farmland of Indiana, their tiny convertible a bright yellow bug boring through the cornfields.
Sharon Gold moves her cramped right foot, and the Farberware coffeepot bangs against her shin. Then the brown paper grocery bag with its open boxes of cereal and crackers shifts across her seatbelted lap. For the 10th time in the last two hours she glances around the densely packed interior of the Fiat Spider, a car that seemed truly wonderful when Robert bought it last summer, before they had to rely on it as a moving van.
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