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Men at age 17 in C.J. Cherryh's books

>From: Jo Jaquinta <jaymin@maths.tcd.ie>
>Subject: CherryhList: Sweet 17
>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 93 8:47:36 BST

> Seems like 17 is a popular age to have disastrous problems
> (or, as a friend who's a social worker at a halfway house put it,
> "issues to address") -- regardless of sex or species.
	Actually, I've thought of a much more likely, yet mundane,
reason for it. Most of Cherryh's readers are probably 17. As has already
been evidenced, 17 is a time of "issues to address". It is probably easy
for 17 year olds to empathise with a fictional 17 year old having
problems much more magnified than their own.
	Hmm. Does this mean we-who-love-Cherryh all think like 17
year olds? Or does it mean that we all have personal problems? :-)

					Jo