Setting

Mar 1
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Setting has always been a beloved feature of a book for me. My favorite books are ones where the setting almost becomes a character itself. A memoir I read years ago—Jill Ker Conway’s The Road from Coorain—has stayed with me largely because of the vivid descriptions of Australia, which was the author’s homeland in the 1930s through the 1950s. I’ve never been to Australia, but her memoir sure made me want to.

I now have a goal to read a book set in each US state. It can be contemporary or historical. It can be fiction or nonfiction. The key criteria: the story must be infused with setting. If you have a great candidate from your state, please share!

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