Grace Rogers answers “Was anyone perplexed by the author’s...”

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.

Grace Rogers As a NC native, this detracted a lot from the story to me. Strangely, I was willing to overlook the fact that NC doesn’t have marshes like the one des…moreAs a NC native, this detracted a lot from the story to me. Strangely, I was willing to overlook the fact that NC doesn’t have marshes like the one described, that didn’t bother me at all, but every time they made a reference to Asheville I was completely taken out of the story.

Mostly because it made me realize not only had the author not ever been to North Carolina, she apparently has never looked at a map of it either.
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