The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
General fiction
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
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
Title Details
ISBN
9780826325624
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Copyright Date
1985
Book number
6639446