"What could my father mean by sending me to be an inmate in this strange family?"
Well, I live in my family, among the best and most lovable people, more strange than a stranger.
The strange little family had worked up some simple, homely rituals together.
It would be unthinkable to move him to a strange house and a strange family.
Ten days in an alien village with a total stranger and her totally strange family.
It was like a large and very strange family.
Her mother wouldn't allow it; they were a strange family.
When Pip returns home she discovers that a strange new family has moved into the house next door.
She talked to the detective, telling him the whole story about the strange family.
"Houston, that is the strangest family I have ever seen."
