News from heaven

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Now, in this collection of interconnected short stories, Jennifer Haigh returns to the vividly imagined world of Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town rocked by decades of painful transition. From its heyday during two World Wars through its slow decline, Bakerton is a town that refuses to give up gracefully, binding--sometimes cruelly - succeeding generations to the place that made them.
Short storiesCoal mines and miningDomestic fictionFictionFiction, family lifeFiction, short stories (single author)Pennsylvania, fictionCity and town lifeSocial conditionsSocial life and customsNew York Times reviewedFiction, family life, general