What is the whale in the blue washing machine about and what is the symbolism in it?
October Maye started out the window of the moving car. Tall Oregon myrtle lined the two sides of the road, blocking the ocean from her view. Tiny pellets of rain splatter against the window. As each drop snaked down the glass, it made her reflection look like she was crying. And she was, on the inside. This was her family’s third move this year; it was only May. At sixteen, she had seen more of the world then most people do. England had been her favorite. Open in the country and simply beautiful in the city, it was perfect. “Yachats, Oregon will be even better then here,” her mother had said. Maybe it will be, but that’s what Samantha Maye has been saying to herself since her husband, John, had first moved them from their hometown in Florida to China, four years before their children were born. Now, twenty years later, they have moved to 116 cities in twelve countries. Samantha hadn’t seen her family in six years and she hadn’t any friends anymore. After her many changes, they had just
