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Tom Roberts asked this question about Where the Crawdads Sing:
Was anyone perplexed by the author’s placement of Asheville, far to the west of NC, within shopping distance of the coast? One family drives to Asheville to buy a bicycle and one man buys his colorful ties there. Yet, the drive to Asheville tales from 5 to 6 hours. This doesn’t detract from the story, but it is quite odd.
Robin Cardwell I absolutely agree with everyone in here. Good book, but the mentions of Asheville don't make sense and there were many references! Buying a bike that…moreI absolutely agree with everyone in here. Good book, but the mentions of Asheville don't make sense and there were many references! Buying a bike that they didn't have in their little town? Buying things from Sears in Asheville. Staring at the 8-10 story buidlings? Look at the geography. Asheville is at least 6 hours away currently from any part of the coast and that is with current highways and cars going 70. How long it took someone in the 60s, I have no idea. Most of the coast is more like 8-9 hours from Asheville. As far as cities in NC, Asheville was one of the smaller ones especially in the 60s. It would have been more realistic to say Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington. Those are all large cities where someone on the coast would go to run errands/buy things that were not local. While this is a good read. As someone from Asheville this is really distracting!(less)
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Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens (Goodreads Author)
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