Advent Calendar

The story begins as an ambulance pulls away from the butcher''s shop, taking Mick to the hospital after he has carelessly hacked off a finger while preparing John''s order. John''s wife, Marguerite, and two young children are forced to live with his uncle until he can find work. Marguerite has a brief affair, an escape from the poverty and boredom of day-to-day life - and John, attempting to make ...