What I Saw And How I Lied (edit title)

Ms B edited the first sentence of What I Saw And How I Lied Friday, August 7 2009.

• The match snapped, then sizzled, and I woke up fast.

Kim L edited the quotations of What I Saw And How I Lied Wednesday, August 5 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “All the way back home, on the drive, I was thinking about penicillin," I said. "You know how they found it? The guy who found it was a slob. He kept his laboratory a mess, stuff everywhere__he'd leave it for weeks and months...and one day he finds a mold. It was an accident. Out of this mess, this contamination, comes..." "Deliverance,"comes..." "Deliverance," Mrs. Grayson murmured. (p. 278)”Evie Spooner and Mrs. Grayson

Kim L edited the quotations of What I Saw And How I Lied Wednesday, August 5 2009.

• Added a quotation: “All the way back home, on the drive, I was thinking about penicillin," I said. "You know how they found it? The guy who found it was a slob. He kept his laboratory a mess, stuff everywhere__he'd leave it for weeks and months...and one day he finds a mold. It was an accident. Out of this mess, this contamination, comes..." "Deliverance," Mrs. Grayson murmured. (p. 278)”Evie Spooner and Mrs. Grayson

Kim L edited the characters of What I Saw And How I Lied Wednesday, August 5 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Evelyn "Evie" Spooner: 15-year old and in love with Peter Coleridge while vacationing in Florida and staying at the Le Mirage hotel. When her mom re-married she took her stepfather's last name and got rid of old name, Plunkett. Best friend with Margie Crotty back home in Queens, New York.
• marked the description of Evelyn "Evie" Spooner as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Beverly Spooner: Evie's beautiful mother with blond hair and blue eyes. Orphaned at 14...parents died in subway train when it got off course. Got married at 17 and her husband soon left her.
• marked the description of Beverly Spooner as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Joe Spooner: Beverly's second husband who fought in WWII.
• marked the description of Joe Spooner as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Peter Coleridge: Very handsome 23 year old ex-GI. Knows Joe from WWII.
• marked the description of Peter Coleridge as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Grandma Gladys "Grandma Glad": Kept watchful eyes over Beverly. Not very friendly towards her.
• marked the description of Grandma Gladys "Grandma Glad" as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Arlene Grayson: Guest at Le Mirage who became friends with the Spooners and Mr. Coleridge.
• marked the description of Arlene Grayson as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Tom Grayson: Guest at Le Mirage who became friends with the Spooners and Mr. Coleridge. He owns a hotel back in New York called Metropole. He and his wife got kicked out of Le Mirage when the manager discovered that they were Jewish.
• marked the description of Tom Grayson as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Walter "Wally" Forrest: Bellhop and valet at Le Mirage. He has a crush on Evie and is her age.
• marked the description of Walter "Wally" Forrest as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Wilson Markel: Attorney who represented the Spooners. Silver hair and baby blue eyes.
• marked the description of Wilson Markel as not a spoiler

Kim L edited the quotations of What I Saw And How I Lied Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “One thing I was always happy about, Evie. I was happy you grew up plain, all knees and elbows. You weren't some curly-headed doll. It meant you'd use your brain. And you did. I wanted to keep you that way for as long as I could. When you started getting pretty, I didn't want you to know it. I was just watching out for you, you see, the best I could. You've got to understand something. Mothers don't want their kids to make their mistakes." (P.(p. 161)”Beverly Spooner

Kim L edited the quotations of What I Saw And How I Lied Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• Added a quotation: “One thing I was always happy about, Evie. I was happy you grew up plain, all knees and elbows. You weren't some curly-headed doll. It meant you'd use your brain. And you did. I wanted to keep you that way for as long as I could. When you started getting pretty, I didn't want you to know it. I was just watching out for you, you see, the best I could. You've got to understand something. Mothers don't want their kids to make their mistakes." (P. 161)”Beverly Spooner

Shelfari edited the description of What I Saw And How I Lied Friday, July 31 2009.

• When Evie's father returned home from World War II, the family fell back into its normal life pretty quickly. But Joe Spooner brought more back with him than just good war stories. When movie-star handsome Peter Coleridge, a young ex-GI who served in Joe's company in postwar Austria, shows up, Evie is suddenly caught in a complicated web of lies that she only slowly recognizes. She finds herself falling for Peter, ignoring the secrets that surround him . . . until a tragedy occurs that shatters her family and breaks her life in two. As she begins to realize that almost everything she believed to be a truth was really a lie, Evie must get to the heart of the deceptions and choose between her loyalty to her parents and her feelings for the man she loves. Someone will have to be betrayed. The question is . . . who?

Shelfari edited the contributors of What I Saw And How I Lied Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Jordan Cray: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: Judy Blundell: (Primary None)