Baker Towers

2005 novel by Jennifer Haigh

Baker Towers

Author| Jennifer Haigh
Language| English
Genre| Novel
Publisher| William Morrow

Publication date

| January 4, 2005
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages| 488 pp
ISBN| 0-73-945049-2

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 for best book by a New England writer.[1]

## Reviews

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

## References

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

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