The Capers Papers

When we read the collection here we want still more.-Eudora WeltyA pleasure jaunt through the irrepressibly funny world of a gifted raconteurAll who know Charlotte Capers treasure her wit and her charismatic storytelling.Here a selection of her amusing narratives moves from conversation to the page as she takes the ordinary and makes it refreshing and fascinating.Clever sophisticated and entertaining she ranges over many subjects-dogs tenants travels an operation babies a car wreck and small-town life at its ordinary gait.Those who read these witty essays written by a fabulous raconteur will feel included in a close and special circle.Charlotte Capers former director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History lives in Jackson Mississippi.