Carol SeCoy
Carol SeCoy is a native Oregonian, born into the comfort and clamor of a family of nine children. She met her husband, Jack, on a blind date at the University of Oregon. They lived in Southern California for many years, where Jack and three partners ran a lumber brokerage while she raised their family of five daughters. She was very active in the community until the last child went off to college, when she became the SAT Coordinator for the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center in Orange County. They have been married for 57 years and have five wonderful daughters and eight just as wonderful grandchildren. You can tell they are very proud of them! Growing older has been a joy for them. But there are many for whom growing older has been a burden. And it is for these folks she advocate in The Bag Lady War. Carol helped care for aging family members, and understand their concerns. But, as a nation, she feels we seem to overlook the elderly and focus instead on the rights and needs of the criminal element of our society, making sure they are treated properly. A topsy-turvy system, it seems, she is not a champion of murder and mayhem, but she enjoyed sending the Bag Ladies out to set things straight. Jack and Carol have traveled extensively, sometimes with a hiking group, and other times with friends or on tour. When they are not traveling or with family and friends, they can be found at the gym, in one class or another, or she is squeezing in a little writing. Carol enjoys volunteering for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Ashland, Oregon, where she and jack now reside. |
The Bag Lady War: A Novel
Synopsis: This thought-provoking satire begins the day eight-two
year old Josie Winkworth is set upon by young gang members in the park
near her home, then hears Senator Bart Farley on TV fillabustering for use They stage a spirited target practice in Mabel's basement,
encouraged by the words of John F. Kennedy, "Ask not what your country can do
for you, but ask what you can do for your country," then set out on their
missions feeling like one of the elder George Bush's "Thousand points
of Light." They have found that old women are seldom noticed, which
gives them great freedom of movement. However, they think one of the
Articles of War may be to protect the dignity of the fallen foe, so they
humanely cover their victims with paper grocery bags, unwittingly creating the mystery of the "bagman murders." When another friend is widowed
she joins them in their war. By the time they are through they have left
a trail of bag-covered bodies from Santa Ana to Los Angeles, blown up a
crack house and two vans full of gang members, and set off a gang war.
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