Importance of home

Nombeko's gang moves around a lot in this story, because they are toting an atomic bomb and that requires some flexibility in living accommodations. However, the reader is struck by how this group of misfits always manages to fit together like a family wherever they are. With Nombeko as their stolid matron, they fit into an abandoned factory, a potato farm, a car, a truck, and finally, the Grand Hotel of Stockholm. They don't always get along well, but these unlikely pairings function together as a family, making their "home" wherever they are all together.