Peter Hunt lists food as being one of the vital ingredients
in literature for children. It gives a feeling of home. My novel is actually
for teens / YA and it’s the love of home meeting the anxiety about losing it that
causes some of the tension in the scenes I’m writing now.
Nevertheless, the thought of the homemade cheesecake and the
homemade lemonade had my mouth watering as I wrote.
I’m portraying Clara Lehrs as a good homemaker yet she is just
about to sell her home. Hani loves her cakes, even though at the moment she can’t
enjoy the excellent cheese cake offered by Frau Lehrs. The cake really is
symbolising home here for her. Perhaps I’ll include recipes on the web site or in the appendices in the
book…
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