Tez asked:

Why is this set in the 1980s? I've read the book, and I still don't know. To avoid the use of computers or audiobooks?

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Keri I believe it was to keep both the past and the present out of the digital age. Nanny cams, smart phones, social media, etc- too disruptive to the story progressing as it was meant to. But also, didn't the fallout from the 1929 crash play a role in some past events as well as more old-fashioned values and gender roles.

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Dave

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Maryanne yes it was set in the 80s!

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Mary Van Winkle I think it also just had to do with simple math. If Sager wanted Virginia to be 17 in 1929, she'd have been born in 1912 making her 111 years old in 2023. Everyone who had anything to do with the 20s timeline would be dead in a contemporary year.

If he had set this in this year, Virginia would have had to be 17 around 1969 and the scandal of having a baby out of wedlock with someone considered a "servant" just wouldn't have hit the same as it would in 1929. Plus, he had the Stock Market Crash to play with and the fact that things could be more easily hidden before all our technology.

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