Ginny, did you ever read Toni Morrison's Beloved or see the movie? It's set on the outskirts of Cincinnati, but I can't remember if they actually name a specific place. I'm watching the movie now, and it just mentions that they go to Cincy for a carnival. The movie's brutal, and it's excellent, which I wasn't expecting. I don't remember too many of the movie critics, except for Robert Ebert, liking it.