“Arundel” by Kenneth Roberts. It’s set during the Revolutionary War, and doesn’t linger long there, but it’s a vivid picture of what life was like in my town back then.
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Moby Dick lol
They do a yearly rocking chair reading at The Whaling Museum that is super popular. Representative of the time it was written and the cobblestone streets and Seamen’s Bethel still exist.
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The Kite Runner, Fremont, California
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The fictional town of Hemlock Circle in “In the Middle of the Night” by Riley Sager captures NJ suburbia well
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The House on Mango Street — Chicago
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*Stranger in the Kingdom*, by Howard Frank Moser. Northeast Kingdom area of Vermont. Captures the essence, and a few real events (with some inconsequential changes), perfectly.
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I only know of one and I would only recommend it for a very specific type of reader. It was critically acclaimed and a finalist for the Pulitzer.
The Topeka School by Ben Warner. He captures a lot of 90s Topeka things well – Mennigers, the Phelps, debate culture, high school culture. It was really strange, almost disorienting, to have my own teenage years and all of their landmarks represented so well in a book (I was in HS & debate during the same period).
That said, this is a book written by a poet and debater. It’s a bit of a mess and a difficult read. I wouldn’t reread it and I would only recommend it to my debate friends from high school who knew the author.
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“Arundel” by Kenneth Roberts. It’s set during the Revolutionary War, and doesn’t linger long there, but it’s a vivid picture of what life was like in my town back then.
Moby Dick lol
They do a yearly rocking chair reading at The Whaling Museum that is super popular. Representative of the time it was written and the cobblestone streets and Seamen’s Bethel still exist.
The Kite Runner, Fremont, California
The fictional town of Hemlock Circle in “In the Middle of the Night” by Riley Sager captures NJ suburbia well
The House on Mango Street — Chicago
*Stranger in the Kingdom*, by Howard Frank Moser. Northeast Kingdom area of Vermont. Captures the essence, and a few real events (with some inconsequential changes), perfectly.
I only know of one and I would only recommend it for a very specific type of reader. It was critically acclaimed and a finalist for the Pulitzer.
The Topeka School by Ben Warner. He captures a lot of 90s Topeka things well – Mennigers, the Phelps, debate culture, high school culture. It was really strange, almost disorienting, to have my own teenage years and all of their landmarks represented so well in a book (I was in HS & debate during the same period).
That said, this is a book written by a poet and debater. It’s a bit of a mess and a difficult read. I wouldn’t reread it and I would only recommend it to my debate friends from high school who knew the author.