In the story "The Address" by Marga Minco, the narrator is in search of her mother's belongings. The mother had given her belongings to a woman named Mrs. Dorling during the war in hopes of preserving them if they were forced to flee their home. The reason the narrator seeks these belongings is two-fold: The belongings represent a tangible connection to her past and to her mother. The possessions evoke strong memories of her life before the war, a time of relative peace and normalcy that sharply contrasts with her current post-war reality. She's also driven by curiosity. After the war, as life began to regain some semblance of normalcy, her interest in these objects grew. She wanted to see, touch, and remember them, hoping they would provide a sense of familiarity and connection lost in the upheaval of war.