Being with Henry | Setting
Being with Henry is located in the Minnesota cities of Minneapolis, Duluth, and Bemidji. Brooks uses the U.S. setting, which was the initial setting for Laker's home in "The Kindness of Strangers" because she saw something there that had impressed her. She reported seeing a telephone booth in Bemidji with a sign over it urging people to call home. Street kids were all around, apparently homeless or quite detached from their homes. This scene left a permanent impression on her.
Readers first meet Laker and his mother, Audrey, in a Minneapolis Safeway parking lot. Audrey...
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