From the depression to the final days of World War II, Tales of the Wide-A-Wake Cafe tells the story of a group of women who, by staying home to fight the war, changed America forever. The story begins in the Wide-A-Wake Cafe, a tiny eatery at the intersection of Highway 77 and the famous Route 66, in Edmond, Oklahoma. The women working there didn't become famous, but their lives were anything but ordinary. Their stories crackle with passion, commitment, and real life. Janice, Clara, Cynthia, Tina, and the others are the women of the greatest generation in American history, and this is the...

-Battlefield Commission's- thrilling combat sequences, the psychological drama of a returning veteran learning to deal with the horror of what he has seen and done, and a love story unlike any you have read, make this a book that will live on in your memory for years to come. After over two years in combat, idealistic Marine Charlie McDowell, the third generation of his family to serve his country in time of war, has a battlefield commission and a wound so serious it threatens to waylay his military career. Returning home to finish his education and conquer the rehabilitation that stands in...

Idealistic Marine Charlie McDowell represents the third generation of his family to serve his country in time of war. But after two years in combat, Charlie has a battlefield commission and wound so serious it threatens to waylay his military career. He's forced to return home to conquer the rehabilitation that stands in the way of his return to active duty. While there, he also plans to finish his education and reconcile with the girl he loves. Before any of that can happen, though, Charlie is rocked by trauma-related depression, nightmares, and hallucinations that threaten to turn him into...