Baker Towers has just won the 2006 PEN/L.L. Winship Award. It's given for a book by a New England writer and will be presented at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester, MA on Sunday, April 2. The ceremony is at 3:00 and is open to the public.

Dear Reader,

Jennifer's new novel Baker Towers is now available in bookstores everywhere. It is now a New York Times bestselling book! Critics, readers and booksellers are already raving:

"The living, breathing organism that is Ms. Haigh's captivating book... [is an] effortlessly haunting story... with satisfyingly real and vivid individuals..." 
-New York Times

"Forget postmodern alienation: Reading Baker Towers is the literary equivalent of rifling through a thrift shop's rack of 1940s house dresses. Here is a novel that feels vintage, but in the very best way..." 
-People Magazine, Critic's Choice, Four Stars

"Almost mythic in its ambition, somewhere between Oates and Updike country, and thoroughly satisfying." 
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Hypnotic...Haigh demonstrates her profound ability to illuminate the personal encounters and minor revelations that make up a life."
-Chris Bohjalian in the Boston Globe

"Haigh's tone is pitch-perfect, her grasp of psychology, masterly. [Haigh displays] a command equal to [that] of Richard Russo and Anne Tyler."
-Denver Post

"Baker Towers is one of the best books I have read this year. Jennifer Haigh clearly deserves high praise..."
Charles Pearson ( Lake Wylie, SC)

"Jennifer Haigh has again created a complete universe with this story.  The reader will come to know each Novak, in turn and at different ages, and will watch as the family and the town both grow, wither, and regenerate.  A writer and a story to savor." 
Megan, Scott's Bookstore
Mount Vernon, WA

For more quotes, see the Baker Towers page.

See Jennifer's appearance on the Today Show! Click here.