She's pleased by his assessment, strangely so. The approval of those outside of her family or work never meant much to her, but with so much in flux here perhaps the approval of a friend has risen in importance.

"Do you know I'm reading about the 1950s now. Past the war," who's existence saddens her deeply but she cannot express why to anyone, not and have them understand. "How different it seems it was in Britain and America at the time. So much rebuilding and lost at home."