The balloon factory: after a trip with Ukrainian refugees, Elaine Wood turned fact into fiction

‘It feels safe, like home used to feel.’

'By now I realise something’s up; something inside me has shut down.' | Photo: by Lesly Juarez on Unsplash

‘Wake up Giorgiy! Wake up!’

Not my Dad’s usual, gentle nudge but a serious shake. What’s going on?

‘It’s started,’ he barks, nervously.

‘What has started?

‘The war.’

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