Baker Towers

Summary: "An elegant, elegiac multigenerational saga about a small coal-mining community in western Pennsylvania...Their lives unfold in episodes that tie the individual to the community, and the lines of connection between characterseven the most minorweave an intricate social tapestry. By the time the mines close for good, every thread connects. Almost mythic in its ambition, somewhere between Oates and Updike country, and ...thoroughly satisfying." [read more]