Baker Towers

Baker Towers (2005) is Jennifer Haigh's second novel. It depicts the rise and fall of a western Pennsylvania coal town in the years following World War II. It was a New York Times bestseller and won the 2006 L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award award for best book by a New England writer.[1]

Baker Towers
AuthorJennifer Haigh
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherWilliam Morrow
Publication date
January 4, 2005
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages488 pp
ISBN0-73-945049-2

Reviews

The New York Times called the novel "capitvating" and "a living, breathing organism."[2][3]

References
  1. "JFK Presidential Library to Host 2006 Hemingway/PEN and L.L. Winship/PEN New England Literary Awards | JFK Library". www.jfklibrary.org. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  2. "Women Trying to Find Their Way in a Dying Coal Town". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  3. "Jennifer Haigh". HarperCollins Speakers Bureau. Retrieved 2022-01-28.


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