The small town of Meadowlark, Wyoming, is not only the <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Literary Device" href="https://www.supersummary.com/setting/">setting</a> of Done and Dusted but also a complex symbol representing Emmy’s journey toward <a data-internal-link data-link-type="Themes" href="https://www.supersummary.com/done-and-dusted/themes/#654013">Feeling at Home</a>. Growing up, Emmy had never felt like she belonged in Meadowlark, despite her reputation as the town sweetheart and her family’s high profile. As Luke describes it, “Meadowlark was a low ceiling, and when she left, she could grow past its barrier” (48), so Emmy took the earliest opportunity to get away from the town. However, when she returns to Meadowlark once she has nowhere else to go, Emmy is surprised that the town feels like home to her, admitting, “I thought I would feel trapped, like I did years ago. But I didn’t. I felt blissfully normal” (13). Even so, once Emmy starts to put down roots in her relationship with Luke, she starts to question whether she will feel trapped again. She wonders if her late mother, who was from a bigger city, ever regretted staying in Meadowlark, hinting at Emmy’s fears. The duality of Emmy’s feelings toward Meadowlark shows how she is not settled in life and is not quite sure how to be after her accident.

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