Mare's War (edit title)

Thukpa edited the characters of Mare's War Wednesday, October 21 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added the description of Octavia: Mare's granddaughter
• marked the description of Octavia as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Mare (Marey Lee Boylen: Grandmother who served in WWII Women's Army Corp
• marked the description of Mare (Marey Lee Boylen as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Talitha: Mare's granddaughter
• marked the description of Talitha as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Peaches
• Added the description of Edna Mae Boylen: Mare's mother
• marked the description of Edna Mae Boylen as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Feen, Josey, Josephine Boylen: Mare's sister
• marked the description of Feen, Josey, Josephine Boylen as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Miss Ida: White employer of Mare before she leaves Bay Slough for the army.
• marked the description of Miss Ida as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Lieutenant Hundley

Thukpa edited the books that influenced this book of Mare's War Wednesday, October 21 2009.

• Added One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the Wac (Texas a & M University Military History Series, 12.) Author acknowledgement at end of book
• marked the description of One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the Wac (Texas a & M University Military History Series, 12.) as not a spoiler
• Added To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II: The Story of the Only African-American ... WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II Author acknowledgement at end of book
• marked the description of To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II: The Story of the Only African-American ... WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II as not a spoiler

Thukpa edited the first sentence of Mare's War Wednesday, October 21 2009.

• It's just a sporty red car parked across our driveway, but when I see it, my stomach plummets.

Shelfari edited the description of Mare's War Friday, July 31 2009.

• Meet Mare, a grandmother with flair and a fascinating past. Octavia and Tali are dreading the road trip their parents are forcing them to take with their grandmother over the summer. After all, Mare isn’t your typical grandmother. She drives a red sports car, wears stiletto shoes, flippy wigs, and push-up bras, and insists that she’s too young to be called Grandma. But somewhere on the road, Octavia and Tali discover there’s more to Mare than what you see. She was once a willful teenager who escaped her less-than-perfect life in the deep South and lied about her age to join the African American battalion of the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. Told in alternating chapters, half of which follow Mare through her experiences as a WAC member and half of which follow Mare and her granddaughters on the road in the present day, this novel introduces a larger-than-life character who will stay with readers long after they finish reading.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Mare's War Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Tanita S. Davis: (Primary Author)