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The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
Contributor(s): Hale, Janet Campbell (Author)

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ISBN: 0826310036     ISBN-13: 9780826310033
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
OUR PRICE: $20.95  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: July 1987
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Annotation: Cecelia Capture Welles, and 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 and 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical - General
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 87001662
Lexile Measure: 910(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.56" W x 8.28" L (0.66 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Native American
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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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


Contributor Bio(s): Hale, Janet Campbell: - Janet Campbell Hale is also the author of Bloodlines, winner of the American Book Award. She is a member of the Coeur d'Alene tribe of northern Idaho.
 
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