The Given Day

The Given DaySet in Boston at the end of the First World War, bestselling author Dennis Lehane's extraordinary eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads where past meets future. Filled with a cast of richly drawn, unforgettable characters, "The Given Day" tells the story of two families one black, one white swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins

Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, bestselling author Dennis Lehane's extraordinary eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads where past meets future. Filled with a cast of richly drawn, unforgettable characters, "The Given Day" tells the story of two families--one black, one white--swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power. Coursing through the pivotal events of a turbulent epoch, it explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 09/01/2009
ISBN: 9780380731879
Pages: 704
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.38w x 1.19d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 10/11/2009 pg. 20
People Weekly 10/19/2009 pg. 69

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 126809 / Given Day
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 32