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The pandemic is not part of why anyone's life worked out for the better, in real life or in this book. Fiction by definition does not have to be based on a "fact of life," it can just be a good story (like this could have been.)
Brook's business starts to flourish because of all of the people who are using the time isolated and not working to get in shape. Stan and Joy's retirement is easier to deal with psychologically because not socializing or doing doing doing is the new normal. They do not feel that kind of pressure anymore. For two.
A relaxed retirement, more business? The "new normal" you refer to killed 700,000 people, nothing good came out of it.
I agree, Rebekah! Including it made it very present and I think Stan and Joy feeling somewhat validated in having to stay home with no plans mirrored how a lot of people felt about it.
Joy & Stan & everyone else can choose to stay home with no plans whenever they want. Who needs that "validated" by a global pandemic? Agree to disagree.
I'm sorry for your pain, Mr. Corwin. You apparently have been personally hit hard by Covid. So yes, agree to disagree.
No, I have not been "hit" personally at all; my pain is for the nation & the world.
yeah my parents are retired and just float about doing what they want. a large part of that is sitting at home, watching tv, playing on the computer... they didnt need a pandemic to justify that
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Oct 06, 2021 11:16AM
The pandemic is not part of why anyone's life worked out for the better, in real life or in this book. Fiction by definition does not have to be based on a "fact of life," it can just be a good story (like this could have been.)
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Brook's business starts to flourish because of all of the people who are using the time isolated and not working to get in shape. Stan and Joy's retirement is easier to deal with psychologically because not socializing or doing doing doing is the new normal. They do not feel that kind of pressure anymore. For two.
A relaxed retirement, more business? The "new normal" you refer to killed 700,000 people, nothing good came out of it.
I agree, Rebekah! Including it made it very present and I think Stan and Joy feeling somewhat validated in having to stay home with no plans mirrored how a lot of people felt about it.
Joy & Stan & everyone else can choose to stay home with no plans whenever they want. Who needs that "validated" by a global pandemic? Agree to disagree.
I'm sorry for your pain, Mr. Corwin. You apparently have been personally hit hard by Covid. So yes, agree to disagree.
No, I have not been "hit" personally at all; my pain is for the nation & the world.
yeah my parents are retired and just float about doing what they want. a large part of that is sitting at home, watching tv, playing on the computer... they didnt need a pandemic to justify that
