{"product_id":"2940170006212","title":"News from Heaven: The Bakerton Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow, in this collection of interconnected short stories, Jennifer Haigh returns to the vividly imagined world of Bakerton, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town rocked by decades of painful transition. From its heyday during two World Wars through its slow decline, Bakerton is a town that refuses to give up gracefully, binding amp;mdash; sometimes cruelly amp;mdash; succeeding generations to the place that made them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young woman glimpses a world both strange and familiar when she becomes a live-in maid for a Jewish family in New York City. A long-absent brother makes a sudden and tragic homecoming. A solitary middle-aged woman tastes unexpected love when a young man returns to town. With a revolving cast of characters amp;mdash; many familiar to fans of Baker Towers amp;mdash; these stories explore how our roots, the families and places in which we are raised, shape the people we eventually become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNews from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e looks unflinchingly at the conflicting human desires for escape and for connection, and explores the enduring hold of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA HarperAudio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158818799856,"sku":"2940170006212","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170006212_p0.jpg?v=1763698872","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170006212","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}