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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.
Austin Z. I'm late to this but no one else has said it. It bothered me from the start of the book when Jake left the coast to go to Asheville to see about his m…moreI'm late to this but no one else has said it. It bothered me from the start of the book when Jake left the coast to go to Asheville to see about his military disability. There is basically no military presence in Asheville. There is no reason a WWII vet would go to Asheville to see the VA. Setting aside the fact that there would be a VA office in town a marine would have gone to Lejeune, a soldier would have gone to Ft Bragg, the Airforce was still part of the Army so an airman would go to Ft Bragg. I'm not sure where a sailor would have gone since Wilmington was never an official Navy port but he definitely wouldn't have gone all the way to the mountains. And if he didn't want to go to a post he could have gone to Raleigh where the NC VA office is. Asheville, especially Asheville in the 1950s, would be the last place he would go. (less)
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Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens (Goodreads Author)
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