Baker Towers Audiobook

" This is Western Pennsylvania historical fiction :) I loved it because there are so many similarities to my family and my childhood. Loved the characters and I like how the author told part of the story through each of the characters. I enjoyed Jennifer Haigh's book Faith last year and I didn't know that she was a daughter of Polish immigrants that came to work in the coal mines and steel mills. I can't wait to read more from her. "

" I read this for a book group. It was a story of a family growing up in a mining town in Pennsylvania. We really enjoyed it. "

" I liked this book enough that I stuck with it and looked forward to finding out what would happen to each of the characters. But in the end I found that I was left feeling that some of the characters were underdeveloped. I wanted more. I liked how the author let you live inside each of the characters for a brief amount of time, but again I didn't feel like it was enough time. The story begins with the father dying. He is one voice I missed in this story. The setting was interesting to me and I felt that I really got a clear picture of a mining town in Pennsylvania. "

" Enjoyable read. The different cultures and characters of this mining town kept my interest throughout. "

" Haunting is the word to describe this book! It will stay with you long after you have read it. The characters are very unique but still believable and the author gives the reader a realistic picture about life in this time period. Baker Towers is bittersweet and historical fiction at it's best! I will reread this book again! "

" This book depicts the rise and fall of a western Pennsylvania coal town in the years following World War II. I thoroughly enjoyed following the characters & was very sorry when I reached the end. This book somehow "hit the spot". I even searched to see if there was a sequel. The narrator is one of my favorites, Anna Fields. "

" I really enjoyed this book. It's simple and satisfying with a focus on women characters. "

" I thought it was great. Looking forward to reading the sequel. "

" As the granddaughter of coal miners and a resident of any coal mining town in PA, Jennifer Haigh got it exactly right. A book to savor and enjoy for those who lived in this world and for anyone who wants to know what that was like. "

" World War II/ Steel/ Coal industry era historical fiction "

" Nothing earth shattering in this book, but what a well written story. Very intimate story of 2 generations of a family growing up in a small coal mining town. I was attached at the hip to this book from start to finish "

" She just keeps getting better!! "

" A quick read and geave me a sense of life in a PA mining town in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's but I felt that the characters were largely one dimensional. "

" Jennifer Haigh missed the opportunity to explore life in a coal mining/ company town during the mid-twentieth century more fully by putting too much focus on the characters' sex lives. "

" a family, a town and the ordinary parts of life during the early to mid 20th century. really liked it "

" interesting look into a mining town family, a story you don't really hear very often. So many rich characters, but not a lot of a story line, more a chronical of years. "

" Predictable story of secretaries working in DC during WWII. Didn't like it much but reviews were good so maybe it was just me. "

" This is a must read for anyone who grew up in Pittsburgh, PA! Jennifer Haigh is an excellent novelist and really brings her characters to life. "

" Thank heavens this book had a good ending. I enjoyed reading it but there were many unhappy characters. You suffer along with them through their lives so I was delighted for a happy ending. "

" I quite liked this one. Review forthcoming. "

" It took me a little bit to get into this book, but once I did I enjoyed it. "

" I love Jennifer Haigh. Two more left to read, and I can't wait. "

" Growning up in an Italian household with relatives who married into Polish households, and being very familiar with central / western PA, I could relate. Very enjoyable though slow at times "

" Interesting character studies. "

" I loved this book. It takes place where my mother's side of my family comes from in Pennsylvania, and my great grandmother's side of the family even gets a mention. "

" This is a three not because it's bad - It's very plot-driven, it's kind of a portrait of lives in a small coal mining town. But the writing is nothing special. "

" An excellent piece of historical fiction that follows one family and one town thru a generation, starting in the 1940's. A great read of America's industrial past and the ethnic/cultural histories of the "company towns" "

" This book is so good "

" Loved getting pulled into the lives of the main characters! Definitely an interesting and fun historical fiction piece. I recommend it! "

" I read this for book club and really couldn't figure out what the author was trying to show us except the lives of an unhappy family. It was gloomy. "

" I enjoyed this book about a mining town in Pennsylvania in the 1950s but it was not as good as Mrs. Kimble.Would I recommend it to my friends - not really. "

" An excellent piece of historical fiction that follows one family and one town thru a generation, starting in the 1940's. A great read of America's industrial past and the ethnic/cultural histories of the "company towns" "

" I learned a lot about coal mining towns from this one. "

" She just keeps getting better!! "

" Love Jennifer Haigh! Clean writing, good pace, great characters...read her! "

" Terribly boring with no plot; depressing to boot. I picked this up off the "Librarian Recommendation" shelf. I'm not likely to look there for books to read in the future. "