Colorado

Colorado is where the Galvin family lives for the vast majority of the book. Other than a few brief intermittent years in the 1940s and 1950s, Don and Mimi Galvin lived in Colorado for their entire marriage. The outdoor features of the state became a part of their family life, particularly as they pursued their main hobby: falconry. While some of the Galvin children move away from Colorado as adults, the majority continue to live in that state. Lindsay, who moved away to Connecticut for boarding school as a teenager and who never wanted to return home, found herself being pulled back to her home state, drawn in by its landscape and natural wonders. The state of Colorado, as an institution, also plays a significant role in the lives of the Galvin family members. Most of the schizophrenic brothers spent significant time in state hospitals where they...