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Breakfast at Sally's

One Homeless Man's Inspirational Journey
Jul 04, 2011
The book is a worth-while read because it's an honest portrayal of homelessness in Bremerton, Wa. The Sally of the title refers to the Salvation Army which provides free breakfasts to the homeless in that area. However, I was disappointed that the author chose only to write about his life as a homeless person and not so much about what caused him to be in that situation in his fifties. He alludes to a business failure but doesn't explain what happened, nor does he do much more than touch upon his divorce and alienation from his grown children. The jacket cover says he was rich and happily married but the book really doesn't show the deterioration into homelessness. I would've liked to have understood it. He sometimes seemed to indicate that his business failure was the cause of his homelessness and other times that it was his depression but again, I would've liked to have had more details so I could understand him better. I was never clear about why he couldn't take some other job. Compared to many around him, he seemed to function pretty well. I was surprised by how often religion came up. While it was true that various faith communities offered him a great deal of assistance, nonetheless I wasn't expecting a testimonial about how he came to accept God in his life.