The Given Day (Coughlin, Book 1)
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ISBN: 0380731878 / Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, September 2009
Present an epic tale set at the end of World War I that follows the experiences of a family whose lives mirror the political unrest of an America caught between its well-patterned past and an unpredictable future.
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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.
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