First edition. REVIEW COPY. ( Publisher's publicity release laid-in. ) About fine in like dust jacket. (Couple tiny specks of foxing at top edge. Corner crease on front jacket flap. ).

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Bibliographic Details

Title: THE JAILING OF CECELIA CAPTURE.
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE., NY
Publication Date: 1985
ISBN 10: 0394543270
ISBN 13: 9780394543277
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

When thirty-year-old Cecelia Capture Wells, an American Indian law student at Berkeley, is jailed on a drunk driving charge, but held to face another--initially unidentified--charge, she reflects on the course of her life

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"Hale draws on her own American Indian heritage to provide the rich detail, authentic dialogue and unfurbished prose that add special drama to a convincing and memorable story."

"�a�. . . poignant, memorable novel . . . a fine piece of writing . . ."

At the end of this novel one is left with a feeling of grim determination that suggests in its very simplicity, a new valuation of life, of going on.

Hale draws on her own American Indian heritage to provide the rich detail, authentic dialogue and unfurbished prose that add special drama to a convincing and memorable story.

"[a]. . . poignant, memorable novel . . . a fine piece of writing . . ."

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