LOCK ME UP OR LET ME GO: THE PROTESTS, ARREST AND TRIAL OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST
Has been used as recommended reading textbook for university classes in Criminology
Written while its celebrated author was in jail, this is the inspiring true story of a 75-year-old grandmother turned ecological warrior. The dramatic and unlikely tale begins with Betty Krawczyk's participation in the Elaho Valley, British Columbia between a forest company and citizen's concerned about the fate of the rare and valuable ancient forests in that area. Mother, grandmother and passionate activist became the most visible face of this struggle, and the book covers her very public (and much publicized) arrest, trial and sentencing.
LOCK ME UP is also the moving story of relationships between generations, and of one extraordinary woman's struggle to take her place as an "elder" in our society. At its heart is Betty's complex relationship with her lively mother, who ignited Betty's own desire to become an activist. As Betty struggles to come to terms with her mother's death, she searches for the connections between her mother's moral and emotional integrity and Betty's own intellectual approach to life. Energetic, engaging and funny, Betty's portraits of her mother and relatives in Louisiana offer a warm contrast to the drama of the courtoom and the solitude of the prison cell.
PRAISE FOR LOCK ME UP OR LET ME GO
"...a moving paean to the ancient trees of the West Coast, quoting Hegel and de Beauvoir and pronouncing those who destroy the environment guilty of 'defying fundamental truths about the universe.'" ~ Quill and Quire
"If you have the courage to travel with Krawczyk, you'll find a mature perspective which captures the essence of the human universe in the social struggles of the twentieth century...Through all this, she's not preachy, she's funny. This book is not a diatribe, it's poetry." ~ Monday Magazine
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