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Title: Mare's War
Author: Tanita S. Davis
Narrator: Sisi Aisha Johnson, Myra Lucretia Taylor
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-21-11
Publisher: Recorded Books
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:
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 isnt your typical grandmother. She drives a red sports car, wears stiletto shoes, flippy wigs, and push-up bras, and insists that shes too young to be called Grandma. But somewhere on the road, Octavia and Tali discover theres 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 Womens 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.

Members Reviews:
Engaging and educational, highlighting an overlooked aspect of American history
Told from the alternating perspectives of 15 year-old Octavia (an African-American teenager from California) and Mare, her elderly grandmother who enlisted in the Womenâs Army Corps during World War II at the age of 17, this novel tells a heartwarming tale of intergenerational bonding while also filling a gap in historical knowledge.
Mare narrates two chapters (all entitled âthenâ) for every one that Octavia narrates (all entitled ânowâ) as they drive from California to Alabama with Octaviaâs older sister, Tali. Along the way, Mare tells her granddaughters the story of how she came to enlist in the army during WWII, trained in the south, and served overseas in England and France. Mareâs story, which comprises the bulk of the novel, addresses a number of serious issuesâattempted child sexual abuse, family strife, poverty, racial discrimination and inequality, lesbianismâas it highlights the numerous âwarsâ that Mare fought while growing up and serving in the Army in the 1940s. Along the way, Octavia and Tali come to appreciate their grandmotherâs struggles and learn more about American history, all the while developing stronger familial bonds of their own with each other and with their grandmother.
The complementary narratives depict deeply contrasting stories of growing up as a Black woman during two different periods in American history. Educational without being pedantic, this novel serves as an entertaining way for adolescents to learn about and appreciate an often neglected aspect of American history.

Enjoyable and informative
Tanita Davis's "Mare's War" is a good example of a book which can entertain as well as educate. It presents an interesting glimpse into a historical reality that most people are probably only vaguely familiar with - the service of African American Women's Army Corps members during World War II. But at the same time, the book is good fiction.