The blue and white striped cup (2nd Chapter)
A series of events leads Claire to be left for months with the most unlikely family.Claire sat drawing with her wax crayons whilst her mother pushed pieces of meat and stale bread down into the top of the metal meat grinder with one hand and turned the handle with the other. Claire watched fascinated as the meat and bread came out worm like from the little holes of the disc through the round opening and dropped into the white bowl below. “Can I help you make the meatballs?” six year old Claire asked. “No...