Cecelia Capture Welles, an Indian law student and mother of two, is jailed on her thirtieth birthday for drunk driving. Held on an old welfare fraud charge, she reflects back on her life on the reservation in Idaho, her days as an unwed mother in San Francisco, her marriage to a white liberal, and her decision to return to college. This mixed inheritance of ambition and despair brings her to the brink of suicide.
“The Jailing of Cecelia Capture is a beautifully written book. Janet Campbell Hale’s gifts are genuine and deeply felt.”–Toni Morrison”
Author: Janet Campbell Hale
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Unm Press
Published: 07/01/1987
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.28h x 5.56w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780826310033
Language: English
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