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News from Heaven

by Jennifer Haigh
6 CDs. library ed. unabridged. 7¾ hrs. Dreamscape Media. 2013. ISBN 9781624062216. $59.99; Playaway digital; digital download. F
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These related short stories weave a pattern that defines the small coal-mining town of Bakerton, PA. In stories that describe events from the town's heyday to its decline, residents struggle to make sense of their lives, with those who escape forever shaped by their upbringing. Award-winning (L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award) author Haigh expertly explores the many relationships, entanglements, and long-term effects of life in a small town over several generations, and this material is well read by Therese Plummer, Alex Cendese, Chris Baskous, and Cynthia Darlow.
VERDICT Readers who enjoyed Haigh's Mrs. Kimble or Baker Towers and those who enjoy reading about the human condition will enjoy this book. ["This is a masterly collection. Highly recommended for fans of…Anne Tyler and Elizabeth Strout, who also excel at re-creating small-town life," read the starred review of the HarperCollins hc, LJ 2/1/13.—Ed.]
Reviewed by Joanna M. Burkhardt, Univ. of Rhode Island Lib., Providence , May 01, 2013
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