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...
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...
