Are You in the House Alone? | Setting
Are You in the House Alone? takes place during the 1970s in a middle-class suburb in Connecticut. Neither the setting nor the characters are extraordinary in any way. The familiar environment emphasizes the potential for rape to occur anywhere, as Peck tries to dispel the common misconception that rape only happens in the inner city among the poor.
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