Teresa Funke will be reading from her two new books on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 5 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Cheyenne. Teresa has devoted her writing life to documenting stories of women at war and on the homefront during the Second World War. "Remember Wake" is the true story of the American men taken prisoner by the Japanese during the Battle of Wake Island and of the women they left behind in Idaho. "Dancing in Combat Boots, and other stories of American women in World War II" are short stories that have been called "poignant and inspiring." Teresa's new book for young readers (ages 8 and up) is "Doing My Part," which documents the wartime contributions of Helen Marshall -- the first in the "Home-Front Heroes" series.
Teresa says that "Saving women's and children's stories, as well as men's stories, from WWII is a passion of mine and I'm hoping people will come Saturday to share their stories with me. I'm also collecting those stories on my website. Check it out. It went live last week and I've already got half a dozen stories up."
During the day Saturday, the writer will be conducting a workshop, "That Book Inside You," at Cheyenne's Nagle-Warren Mansion B&B, 222 East 17th Street. Visit http://www.ncwc.biz/ to register.
There will be an article about Teresa and her books in Friday's "What's Up" section in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle.
