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The Chemist
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Copyright: 2016
Copyright: 2016
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: Unknown
Main Themes:
Excerpt: Though she’d lived in DC for almost a decade, Alex had never visited the National Zoo. She’d always thought of it as something for children, but there seemed to be plenty of adults attending today unencumbered by offspring Excerpt Page Number: 442
Address:
3001 Connecticut Ave NW 20008
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: Unknown
Main Themes: Corruption, Crime, Women's Lives
Excerpt: I like the houses there, too,’ he was saying. ‘You never close the windows, just let the air blow through. Some don’t even have glass. It’s a lot nice than Columbia Heights, I tell you. Maybe not nicer than Bethesda. I bet doctors live in nice houses. Excerpt Page Number: 69
Address:
Columbia Heights, Washington
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
Main Themes: Espionage
Excerpt: After school, he would stay past the final bell to talk to students and work on his lesson plan for the next day. Then, with several folders and his laptop in a backpack over his left shoulder, he would head out, waving to the secretary as he passed. He would walk six blocks and get on the subway at Congress Heights around six, just as the commuting mayhem was at its worst. He had a straight shot up the Green Line to Columbia Heights, where his tiny studio apartment was located.
Excerpt Page Number: 50
Address:
Congress Heights Metro Station 20020
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
Main Themes: Espionage
Excerpt: There were plenty of spaces available in the economy parking lot at Ronald Reagan. She pulled into one near the shuttle bus stop, where most people would want to park, and waited for the bus to arrive. She knew this airport better than any other. She felt a long-missing sense of comfort kick in—the comfort of familiar surroundings. Two other passengers showed up before the shuttle, both of them with luggage and tired faces. They ignored her. She rode the bus to terminal three, then doubled back on the pedestrian bridge to the Metro stop. This route took her about fifteen minutes at a brisk walk. Nice thing about airports—everyone walked fast.
Excerpt Page Number: 53
Address:
Ronald Reagan National Airport 22202