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''The living, breathing organism that is Haigh''s captivating book... [is an] effortlessly haunting story... [Haigh is] an expert natural storyteller.'' -- New York Times ''Jennifer Haigh''s ambitious, elegiac second novel, Baker Towers [is]... a rich portrait of place.'' -- Washington Post Book World ''An elegant, elegiac multigenerational saga. . . . Almost mythic in its ambition, somewhere between Oates and Updike country, and thoroughly satisfying.'' -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review ''[Haigh] writes convincingly of family and small town relations, as well as of the intractable frustrations of American poverty.'' -- Publishers Weekly ''Jennifer Haigh stakes a claim for a major breakout.'' -- Publishers Weekly ''In clean, authoritative prose, Haigh uncannily injects new life into an era too often entombed by nostalgia.'' -- Entertainment Weekly ''A good old-fashioned read... the author deftly evokes the particulars of a time and place.'' -- Daily News ''Terrific.'' -- Harlan Coben, The Birmingham News ''Haigh''s writing is rich and mellifluous, and her story certainly has an old-fashioned charm and dignity to it.'' -- The Times (London) ''A work that is quickly boosting [Haigh''s] ascension to the vanguard of 21st century American novelists.'' -- Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA)
