boomerang wrote:
".... and the three of us could labour side by side sustained by nothing more than white sugar rolled in a fresh lettuce leaf....."
Sugar on a lettuce leaf? Really? It appears in a rather important retelling so it seems to maybe have some signifigance. It seemed to want to convey something major.
Yes, Deb was right. Not much nutrition in lettuce & sugar!
In terms of the lives of the
Cloudstreet families, this tells as that they were extremely poor (that was the most nutritious food they could afford) & had to work very hard just to keep their heads above water. Life was very tough for them. They had to stick together & support each other to survive.
