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Baker Towers

Author: Jennifer Haigh
Publisher: New York : William Morrow, ©2005.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:
For the people of Bakerton, and the five children of the Novak family, the years after World War II alter their lives in unforeseen and irrevocable ways. Dorothy is a fragile beauty hooked on romance. Brilliant Joyce, the family's keystone, is bitterly aware of the life she might have had elsewhere. Sandy, the youngest boy, sails through life on looks and charm. George, the veteran, is driven to escape the life he  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Historical fiction., Domestic fiction.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jennifer Haigh
ISBN: 0060509414 9780060509415
OCLC Number: 55000434
Description: 334 p. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Jennifer Haigh.

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For the people of Bakerton, and the five children of the Novak family, the years after World War II alter their lives in unforeseen and irrevocable ways. Dorothy is a fragile beauty hooked on romance. Brilliant Joyce, the family's keystone, is bitterly aware of the life she might have had elsewhere. Sandy, the youngest boy, sails through life on looks and charm. George, the veteran, is driven to escape the life he was born to through selfishness and hard work. And Lucy, the volatile baby, is a confused girl with a voracious need for love. A compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town.

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