When Does "Dear Daughter" (2014) Take Place?
"Dear Daughter" is a crime novel written by Elizabeth Little and released July 31st, 2014.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the novel opens and closes with fictional "CNN Breaking News" e-mail updates, the first of which is dated "Sept 17, 2013 10:43:01 AM EDT" and describes the main character's situation at the start. There is a statement in the second one reading "Eight weeks after" and then referring back to the beginning of the novel, so the main action of the story happens in under 8 weeks, i.e. under two months: mid-September 2013 AD to late-November 2013 AD.
2013 AD
We know this because the novel opens and closes with fictional "CNN Breaking News" e-mail updates, the first of which is dated "Sept 17, 2013 10:43:01 AM EDT" and describes the main character's situation at the start. There is a statement in the second one reading "Eight weeks after" and then referring back to the beginning of the novel, so the main action of the story happens in under 8 weeks, i.e. under two months: mid-September 2013 AD to late-November 2013 AD.
9.2013 + 2 months = 11.2013.
The second short fictional "CNN Breaking News" e-mail update is dated "Jan 14, 2014 2:43:29 PM EST" functions as a 2014 AD epilogue.
The second short fictional "CNN Breaking News" e-mail update is dated "Jan 14, 2014 2:43:29 PM EST" functions as a 2014 AD epilogue.
