Chapter 9 - Exile

Summary:
Ma was getting sick of living in Southie, where so many kids dying, so many funerals to go to. She wanted to "get the hell out", but there was no place else to go, and she had little money.  She started working as a hairstylist to keep herself busy and make some extra money.  Michael stayed away from Southie as much as possible too, he slept at friends houses away from Old Colony, Soon Ma was able to take the boys and Kathy and move to Colorado, which was in a trailer park that was also very poor.   Michael stayed back at the apartment and waited for Johnie to come back. Soon after in August the law agencies arrested  the towns group of "the bad guys", everyone except Whitey.

"Ma said she wanted nothing more than to get the hell out"(219), she was sick of all the murders and suicides and going to all the funerals.

"The people of South Boston have been had" (222), Whitey said Southie had no crime , but it really had more cocaine in it than any other city.

I thought the chapter was sad because so many people died.  I was surprised that ma hated Southie so much after saying she liked it there for so long.  "Ma said she wanted nothing more than to get the hell out"! She was sick of all the murders, suicides going on in the neighborhood.
"The people of South Boston have been had"  that Whitey always said he kept South Boston free of drugs and murders all that time, but he really had all the drug dealers working for him there.

Chapter 5 - Looking for Whitey

Chapter 7 - Holy Water