Beautifully written and flows seamlessly from sentence to sentence. So much subtle but important scenarios that shape the lives of the characters. The capturing of the innocence of childhood and the subtle lessons we learn from our parents that shape our adulthood. The sadness that is evoked from the mother’s rejection, shaped by her alcohol addiction and her ridged aspirations of how Stella should be. The earnestness in which Stella attempts to gain back her mothers affections leave a bitter aftertaste, but later comes as a relief, as the mothers ideology’s sway in favour of the nazi regime and potentially would have over influenced the boys life. The father is portrayed as being away, contributing perhaps to the mothers alcoholism but the father plays a important role in imprinting compassion, evident in the saving of the goat from the lightening. The loss of colour to be replaced by scent and this is just the start. Exquisite