News from heaven : the Bakerton stories

Haigh, Jennifer 1968- (author.).

Summary: 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.

Item details

ISBN: 0060889640 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9780060889647 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
244 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper, [2013]
Copyright: ©2013

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Beast and bird -- Something sweet -- Broken star -- A place in the sun -- To the stars -- Thrift -- Favorite son -- The bottom of things -- What remains -- Desiderata.

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Subject:

Coal mines and mining Fiction
City and town life Fiction
Bakerton (Pa.) Fiction
Bakerton (Pa.) Social conditions Fiction
Pennsylvania Social life and customs Fiction
Domestic fiction
Kurzgeschichte
Amerikanisches Englisch

Genre:

Short stories.
Domestic fiction.

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