“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)
