This presentation provides information about the new novel, "Shades of Teale," by author and corporate communications copywriter, Susan Crossman.

1. Shades of Teale
An Introduction to the Novel By
Susan Crossman

2. Shades of Teale
Shades of Teale is the inspirational story of one
woman’s bumpy journey through an unhappy
marriage to a stronger understanding of her own
self-worth.

3. Shades of Teale
“All intimate relationships are
journeys,” notes author Susan
Crossman.
“They start in one place and
ultimately take us somewhere
completely unexpected; along
the way we learn surprising
things about ourselves and our
place in the world and that’s
exactly what happens to my
main character, Teale Covey.”

4. Shades of Teale
Ms. Crossman notes that the novel also looks at the
tricky balance between happiness and compromise in a
marriage, and it details how Teale ends
up walking out of who she really is,
and into a world driven by her
husband’s expectations.

5. Shades of Teale
Susan Crossman began writing the novel after doing
some volunteer PR for a women’s shelter. She felt there
was a disconnect between a shelter overflowing with
women and children and a community where the topic of
abuse was almost invisible.
“It disturbed me,” she says.

6. Shades of Teale
“I was meeting some dynamic women who seemed very
strong and capable, and yet they were hiding from the
men they thought they loved.
“The process of writing this
novel was about my own desire
to uncover the dynamics of
domestic abuse; its
existence makes absolutely no
logical sense at all.”

7. Shades of Teale
Every six days a woman in Canada is murdered by her
intimate partner.
Emergency shelters in this country
provide refuge for 3,000 women and
2,500 kids 2,500 children every day.

8. Shades of Teale
Ms. Crossman’s writing
style is probing and full of
irony. She uses masterful
turns of phrase to weave
a story that is by turns
entertaining and sobering.

9. Shades of Teale
Susan Crossman is a freelance writer with 30 years of
experience in the fields of journalism, government and
corporate communications, public relations, marketing,
editing and creative writing.

10. Shades of Teale
Through her business, Crossman Communications, she
writes newsletter and web content, corporate bios, blog
posts, speeches, and custom
content upon request.

11. Shades of Teale
On the personal front,
Susan Crossman is the
widowed mother of three
children between the ages
of 11 and 25.
They all like to write!

12. Shades of Teale
For more information about the novel,
“Shades of Teale,” please visit
www.shadesofteale.com
To find out more about Susan Crossman’s business
writing, please visit www.crossmancommunications.com

13. Shades of Teale
To contact Susan Crossman directly, please
email her at susan@shadesofteale.com
“Shades of Teale” is available through amazon.ca
and chapters.indigo.ca