I stand corrected on the government cheese front. I don't
think a lot of that goes on in any of the places I've lived
recently. In my experience handing out food is generally done
by private entities. When I was in North Carolina (up until
about six months ago) I volunteered at a food bank, and
Georgia, where I've lived on and off since 2000, doesn't, as
far as I know, do anything like that. I think reading the
afterword before I started the book proper may have tainted
my thinking. Collins references Spillane, and Mike Hammer's
relationship with Velda as being an inspiration for the Ms.
Tree character, so I just assumed it was mid-20th
century.
On Nov 26, 2007 9:08 AM, Gratefulbear <
gratefulbear@comcast.net> wrote:
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> 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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