Letters Behind Bars: A Mother-Son Memoir

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No one anticipates tragedy, but sometimes it hits you from all sides.

Determined to keep her head above water and continue pursuing her goals, Cinnamin Herring tries to keep her spirits up when her son is arrested for drugs.

When a traumatic incident further rips her family apart, Cinnamin must manage to hold it together and care for her sons, trying to steer them away from destructive life choices.

Yet, something sweet emerges amid life’s difficulties, as Cinnamin and her oldest son Simms find solace in their correspondence during his time in prison. Cinnamin works on realizing her dream of being a novelist and on writing her story with her son, who contributes from his jail cell.

Written in the form of personal memoirs with letters, poems, and stories intermingled, this harrowing story of a wife and mother’s grief shows how she learned to cope and emerged stronger from tragedy.

Told with real emotion and written from the heart, this story is sure to leave an impression and offer hope to those struggling with drug addiction or watching loved ones make poor choices.