Critical Praise

Haigh has a gift for creating believable characters of all kinds and placing them into realistic --- often heartbreaking --- situations. A must read for fans of BAKER TOWERS and a good addition to all short-story collections.

—Booklist

This is a masterly collection…. Highly recommended for fans of…Anne Tyler and Elizabeth Strout, who also excel at re-creating small-town life.

—Library Journal

This collection of short stories shows depth, understanding and compassion.... Haigh’s narratives are beautifully realized stories of heartbreak, of qualified love, and of economic as well as personal depression.

—Kirkus Reviews

The beauty of NEWS FROM HEAVEN, Jennifer Haigh’s new collection of linked stories, has everything to do with the Pennsylvania coal town she calls Bakerton, a seedbed of ambition and heartbreak.

—MORE Magazine

***½ [of four]

—People Magazine

A vibrant, thought-provoking, profoundly readable contribution to the genre… Early reviewers have glowingly compared NEWS FROM HEAVEN to WINESBURG, OHIO, the progenitor of its genre. One can imagine that Anderson would have been proud to have pioneered a form and braved much criticism so that Haigh’s connected stories could find the readers they richly deserve.

—Boston Globe

Ms. Haigh is one of the most subtle, incisive fiction writers currently exploring the dynamics of big, secretive families, the kinds whose members are much more apt to betray private thoughts than speak them out loud…. an uplifting and radiant book.

—The New York Times