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@corky Interesting that you got a great sense of everything’s place from the description. To me, the individual locations weren’t tied together very strongly, and I felt like there was a ton of wasted potential for setting-as-character (in my opinion, the book needed to be about 30%-50% longer). In any event, I definitely don’t think you’re off the mark regarding worldbuilding!

Everything that exists in the story had to be chosen to be depicted over everything else, and I think it’s a job Fabry did tolerably well. I imagine if I was a baseball fan, its motif would have grounded the story strongly in events I was somewhat familiar with. As it stands, the bits like the first edition of To Kill a Mockingbird, Matt wanting to learn to play Elton John, and the absence of Matt’s draft dodging brother give great grounding details.