The Given Day

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