Bibliograph

News from heaven, the Bakerton stories, Jennifer Haigh

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News from heaven, the Bakerton stories, Jennifer Haigh

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

News from heaven

Oclc number

805051309

Responsibility statement

Jennifer Haigh

Sub title

the Bakerton stories

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

Table Of Contents

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

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