Jennifer Haigh

News from Heaven: The Bakerton Stories Jennifer Haigh

Set in Bakerton, Pennsylvania, News from Heaven explores how our roots shape the people we eventually become. Through a series of connected stories, Haigh brilliantly portrays this close-knit community from its heyday during two world wars to its decline in the final years of the twentieth century. Exploring themes of restlessness, regret, redemption and acceptance, she depicts men and women of different generations shaped by dreams and haunted by disappointments. And characters familiar to fans of Baker Towers return for an encore performance. News from Heaven deftly captures our desire for escape and our need for connection, and reveals the enduring hold of a past that remains ever present in the lives of ordinary people struggling to understand themselves and define their place in the world.