A lovely experience that makes me so, SO glad not to be in my twenties anymore! 😅 Well-known term or not (don't forget the Afterword), an Age of License is probably something that could happen at different times in your life as long as the confluence of factors, (feeling untethered from family and routine, having the resources and opportunity for travel, uncertain of long term plans), exist, but I think that more often happens 1/?
I also think it's pretty often that young women especially find themselves on the rebound and swept up in the heteronormative romanticism of a brief love affair dictated by specific circumstances; I appreciate that Lucy's narration makes it clear she recognized the moments of incompatibility and 20h
I will continue to seek out Knisley's work.
⚠️mention of stalking (edited) 20h