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Spilled Salt By: Barbara Neely

Something I liked about this story was that it had a realistic plot. It's completely possible for a mother to have her son go to jail and come back unexpected. This actually happened to someone I knew, they were in jail for raping a girl, when they really didn't and his mom had a hard time dealing with him being back from jail when really she just wanted him to leave her life completely. Something I didn't like about the story was the character of the mom, she seemed too paranoid and not too happy her son was home. It kind of upset me that she treated him like a criminal after he paid his debt to society for going to jail. All he wanted was to start over and have a fresh start with the help of his mom who
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