Ann Abror

The majority of the book is set in Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan town. As the child of two professors, Lizzie grew up living in a campus environment, with sorority houses and university buildings nearby. She goes to college at the same university, so spends the next portion of her life in this town as well, where she meets and later settles down with George. The culture of Ann Arbor is described as very academically-oriented and largely populated by students and professors.

Tulsa

George’s hometown of Tulsa provides the secondary setting for the novel, and serves as the place where his and Lizzie’s relationship first blossoms and then where he later proposes to her. This midwestern city is set up to contrast the eastern city where Lizzie grew up. George spent his childhood playing in the hot Oklahoma summers, where he was raised by...