I'm currently reading Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, and I was talking to my mom about how the idea of a morning and evening post (which the main character talks about in this book) sounds like fantasy to me, and my mom said, oh yes, it was how you talked to friends if you didn't want everyone on the party line to know what you wanted to say.
It can be so tricky to do a good job, because you have to know if a technology was available (like the telephone) and how it was available (via party line). Good work on your research! It sounds like a fun deep dive. And I love oddly specific dictionaries!
Thanks! That’s such a great detail about the post. I guess it was their social media 😆
I'm currently reading Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, and I was talking to my mom about how the idea of a morning and evening post (which the main character talks about in this book) sounds like fantasy to me, and my mom said, oh yes, it was how you talked to friends if you didn't want everyone on the party line to know what you wanted to say.
It can be so tricky to do a good job, because you have to know if a technology was available (like the telephone) and how it was available (via party line). Good work on your research! It sounds like a fun deep dive. And I love oddly specific dictionaries!