When She Was a Child She Lived in Idaho
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho—nowhere near the “Midwest upbringing” alluded to in this Huffington Post intro. (Not only did the article’s author ignore the Northwest, but jumped the Mountain West as well!) Any NW fan of Robinson knows that the fictitious town of Fingerbone from her debut novel, Housekeeping, closely resembles Sandpoint, on …
