Not to be picky, but as a counselor and former parole
officer, I've had clients who got "government cheese" as well
as canned foods from the local welfare office. That was in
the early to mid-1990's. I don't know if welfare offices
still distribute government food. Even if the program stopped
in the mid-1990's, though, that's still a recent memory (10
years ago), not an anachronism for 2007.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Cain" <
IndieCrime@gmail.com> To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November
26, 2007 6:00 AM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Deadly Beloved
>I read the first couple of chapters last night. I'm
happy to hear the
> psychiatrist comes into play in the story somehow,
because it's
> annoying the hell out of me at this point. Also, did
you notice the
> anachronistic language? There was a reference to a
"government cheese
> line," in the first chapter, so I assumed the book
was set in the
> past, since no one would actually reference that
sort of thing now.
> Then in the next chapter, someone mentions a cell
phone, which changed
> my mental picture entirely.
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