Baker Towers

Year of Publication
2005
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
352 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
City
New York
Genre
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Abstract
Follows the Novaks, a Polish-Italian clan in the fictionalized coal-mining town of Bakerton. When Stanley Novak dies, the children spin off in different directions.
Notes
Bakerton is inspired by the author’s hometown of Barnesboro, Cambria County.
Author Biography
Jennifer Wasilko Haigh (1968— ) was born to a Ukrainian Catholic family in Cambria County. She earned a BA at Dickinson College and an MFA at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Time
1940s-50s
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