The Cross Of Lassitude: Portraits Of Five Delinquents
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Joan Colebrook
Binding: Hardback
Published: Knopf, 1967
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Joan Colebrook’s The Cross of Lassitude: Portraits of Five Delinquents is a sobering and intimate exploration of five young women enmeshed in the American juvenile justice system during the 1960s. Through rich narrative and investigative depth, Colebrook unveils the personal traumas, systemic neglect, and sociocultural forces that shaped their paths into delinquency. The book doesn’t just profile these girls—it critiques the institutions meant to guide and protect them, revealing a cycle of failure and despair that transcends individual misdeeds. It’s as much a social indictment as it is a portrait of lost potential.
Author: Joan Colebrook
Binding: Hardback
Published: Knopf, 1967
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Joan Colebrook’s The Cross of Lassitude: Portraits of Five Delinquents is a sobering and intimate exploration of five young women enmeshed in the American juvenile justice system during the 1960s. Through rich narrative and investigative depth, Colebrook unveils the personal traumas, systemic neglect, and sociocultural forces that shaped their paths into delinquency. The book doesn’t just profile these girls—it critiques the institutions meant to guide and protect them, revealing a cycle of failure and despair that transcends individual misdeeds. It’s as much a social indictment as it is a portrait of lost potential.