Baker Towers

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

Last updated June 13, 2025

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

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

References

↑ "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.
↑ "Women Trying to Find Their Way in a Dying Coal Town". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
↑ "Jennifer Haigh". HarperCollins Speakers Bureau. Retrieved January 28, 2022.

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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.

[nytimes-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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