Note to Kate Griffin, aged twenty-something

[flemmings]

Women of 54 are not old women. No, no matter how many times you call them 'old'. No, even if they're working-class immigrant widows who've had hard lives. Look at your mother, for heaven's sake, supposing your mother isn't still in her forties.

Also I'm sensing a certain retread of a certain schtick from Minority Council. Agreed, it delighted me in Minority Council, but not if it's going to become a default.

Otherwise I have taken half a percocet and am waiting for the blissful cessation of body ache and/or the beginning of hallucinations, whichever.

Comments

[chomiji]

Holy moly, where did young Griffin say this? ( ... says this 54-year-old.)

D-:

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

In her latest book, Stray Souls. She herself was born in 1986, which is still no excuse.

[yumiyoshi.livejournal.com]

I too am in my 20s, but late 20s, so perhaps it comes to me more easily to realize that yeah 50s ... not that old. Surely she is in contact with enough people to know that, though? @_@

Also, Stray Souls is a spinoff yes? I guess I'd expect rehashing of tropes from the main series.

Hope you feel better soon!

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it's a specific Minority Council trope. As in, 'liked it so much in the last book, I'll use it again in this.'