I wanted to find a way to indicate that she’s not going outside because of a “no smoking inside” rule – people smoke inside in the 40s! – but because she wants to find a way to get away from people. But explaining that seemed clunky, so I ended up just skipping it. –BD
Works for me. I grew up in a large, extended family where smokers only smoked indoors if it was their house. They didn’t smoke inside other people’s houses. (Plus, it let them escape and breathe a bit)
Back before the Virginia Slims pseudo-feminist “You’ve come a long way, Baby” campaign….
Ah, right, this was back when most people didn’t know it was bad for you.
I wanted to find a way to indicate that she’s not going outside because of a “no smoking inside” rule – people smoke inside in the 40s! – but because she wants to find a way to get away from people. But explaining that seemed clunky, so I ended up just skipping it. –BD
Works for me. I grew up in a large, extended family where smokers only smoked indoors if it was their house. They didn’t smoke inside other people’s houses. (Plus, it let them escape and breathe a bit)
Oh, good! I’m glad it worked. 🙂
ooh, mention of Margaret Chung!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Chung
Thank you for noticing! Chung was an amazing person.