Why All My Heroines Grew Up in Iowa

ByLinda LovelyThough it’s been decades since I left home, I remaingrateful I grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. My hometown sits on bluffs above a wideswath of the Mississippi River. Take one bridge out of town and you’re inIllinois; the other bridge, and you’re in Missouri. While I can’t overestimate mysingle mother’s role in forming my value system, Keokuk, Iowa, did an excellentjob of