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Given Day
Given Day | Dennis Lehane
From Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island, comes the paperback edition of The Given Day, an unflinching family epic that captures the political unrest of a nation caught between a well-patterned past and an unpredictable future. This beautifully written novel of American history 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 at the end of World War I."
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keithlafo
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A sweeping family saga with a ton of historical and emotional depth. Dense, but never boring.

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Minervasbutler
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First in Lehane's trilogy of historical novels set mainly in Boston in the years immediately following the end of World War One. A gripping read which illuminates a specific, and critical, moment in American history, and the struggles between capital and labour and the running sore of racism give it a contemporary resonance. The description of the breakdown in law and order following the BPD strike is Dickensian in its power.

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perfectsinner
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"Do you know the difference between men and gods?"
"No, sir."
"Gods don't think they can become men."

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perfectsinner
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Thinking about making this my next book 📖🤔

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andrew61
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Boston 1918/19 is a city in turmoil with flu,anarchists communists,poverty,racism and an underpaid police force. The Coughlin family are at the heart of the police, patriarch Thomas police chief, + the hero of the bk Danny both undercover as well at the centre of a potential strike. Also Luther has escaped from tulsa to B+works for the coughlins + the new naacp. And of course babe Ruth.
A family saga, absorbing, cinematic, cdnt put it down.⬇️

andrew61 At 700 pages there was so much in this book and it seems a remarkable time in American history which had me searching the st Louis massacre, the Boston police strike and mayday riots, several communists including John Reed and Emma goldman again ( mentioned in ragtime) while babe Ruth is a character at the height of his fame and the volumes act is abt to land. I will have to find a non fiction bk abt this period. 3y
Cuilin Sounds great. Stacking. 3y
Centique This sounds fabulous - stacked! 3y
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andrew61
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#24B4Monday @Andrew65
I've never tried a readathon before but I think I'll have a go this weekend although not sure I'll make as I only managed 35 mins at lunchtime but with a glass of red wine tonight who knows.
Incidentally this bks been in a pile for a while × I'd forgotten how good lehane is. set in 1918 Boston the history is fascinating touching on the US communists, unions, st louis massacre, race,anarchists et al. Must rd more abt the era

Cathythoughts Good luck Andrew ! I‘d say that glass of wine tonight will be just the job 👍🏻🍷 3y
Cathythoughts I‘ve never tried one either... I‘d have to clear the decks first ... one day 👍🏻 3y
andrew61 @Cathythoughts I think there is no possibility of me reading for that amount of time Cathy and im not a fan of reading under pressure but I'll see. To be honest I'll be asleep by 9 tonight as soon as take that first glass 😂 3y
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Cathythoughts Stop 😂you ... and me too. Asleep by 9 after the glass ... I find I‘m busier in Covid times that before... the day is over before it starts ... It‘s non stop 3y
Andrew65 Great to have you with us. Any time you get to is great, no reason to feel any pressure. Just read as normal whatever time you get to. All very low key, just enjoy reading with others. (edited) 3y
Andrew65 @Cathythoughts Love to have you join us whenever. 😊 3y
Cathythoughts @Andrew65 Thanks! As soon as I get organized enough 😊 3y
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LeafingThroughLife
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I‘ll just be over here reading this excellent book set in 1918. It‘s got a killer virus, race riots (and the circumstances that cause them), and people needing to strike to make a living wage at their jobs. So glad we‘ve put all these problems in the rear view. Oh. Wait. 😔

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LeafingThroughLife
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1. The Given Day by Dennis Lehane and Full Throttle by Joe Hill

2. “Faun” by Joe Hill

3. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, but she‘ll soon be unseated by The Given Day which weighs in at close to 700 pages 😱
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

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LeafingThroughLife
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Next month‘s #bookspin is a #bookspinbonanza where we try to read our whole list of 20 in the order drawn. Now, I have as much chance of reading 20 books in a month as I do of hopping in a homemade spaceship and visiting the moon, but, why not?

This time my list has ebooks, so here are the last 5.

15 One Last Thing Before I Go
16 What Comes After
17 Perfect Chemistry
18 The Magician‘s Lie
19 Pushing the Limits
20 Masque of the Red Death

TheAromaofBooks I think the goal may be more like “how far can we get“ than it is “definitely read all 20“ haha Still, it's kind of fun to see how many can get checked off!! Good luck!! 4y
ErinSBecker I have There There on my list for May too! Excited to see your thoughts. 🙂 4y
LeafingThroughLife @ErinSBecker looking forward to seeing yours too! Hopefully that one gets pulled early in the order so I have a chance to get to it even though I read at a snail‘s pace! 🐌 😀 4y
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PurpleyPumpkin
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I haven‘t read this chunkster yet. It‘s waiting for me on my workplace tbr. 📚#over500pages #GratefulReads

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚🙌🏻👍🏻 4y
OriginalCyn620 👍🏻📚❤️ 4y
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howjessicareads
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Day 11 of #31bookpics - unforgettable. Dennis Lehane is not my usual style at all.
I think I just picked this up on #audiobook, because back in the day I liked long audiobooks on unabridged CD, and they‘re hard to find at my #library! I was mesmerized by this book, and bought a copy and made my husband read it too. And I think about it every time someone mentions the Spanish Influenza of 1918. (Which comes up more than you‘d think.) 😝

CoverToCoverGirl Loved this book too! Amazing story and so well researched and written! The next two in the trilogy were just as good too. (edited) 5y
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Viji
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Well-written but all the hate and racial slurs are getting to me. I understand that‘s the way things were in this time period but it‘s very difficult to listen to. #freakyfriday

cherinium This is probably my least favorite Lehane. I am a huge fan, but this one did nothing for me. 6y
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tricours
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Mehso-so

I‘m sure this is a very good book, but I just couldn‘t focus on it. From start to finish. I‘m not sure what went wrong with it for me, perhaps the narrator was too monotonous or something like that, but it just wasn‘t a good fit. The stories didn‘t quite intertwine enough, or when they did, I missed it, and there were just so many men everywhere.

AlaMich “There were just so many men everywhere. “ 😂 6y
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BostonBookAddict
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I have fallen off with the #riotgrams due to family wedding and, well, life. But saw today's challenge was set near where you live. I have a lot of books set in Boston but both of these have Southie as a primary setting. The Given Day is by far my favorite book of all time and set in both South Boston and the North End (among others). Black Mass is literally set in the projects across the street from me - Whiteys old territory

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brendanmleonard
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I am diving into this - and it opens in 1918. I was so struck by this passage; it has an air of "the more things change, the more they stay the same," and that last sentence is very evocative of a lot of things I've been reading about white people and their courage in 2016.

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brendanmleonard
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TFW you buy a book for 8 dollars and it's a signed, first edition, first printing! I really lucked out...even though I am not Chris. 😂

MrBook 😂👏🏻🙌🏻 7y
Jhullie 📖👏 7y
UwannaPublishme 😁👍🏻 7y
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Donna_sBookMinute The last part of your comment is funny -- probably because I can relate. 7y
Gissy This book sounds interesting. It will be in my tbr! 7y
LeahBergen Awesome! I love finding a signed book. ❤️ 7y
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Minimalgrl
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I'm just going to read and read and read .... while I wonder what has become of my country. It's so disheartening to think that so many voted for fear, xenophobia and misogyny. 😞

Bookladylinda True & sad....... 7y
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Minimalgrl
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Ok borrowed this from a friend...I've lived other Dennis Lehane I've read so high hopes for this one!

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GuiltyFeat
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Meaty and epic. Definitely Ellroy-inflected but with much more heart.

Just trying to get ahead of the Coughlin clan before Ben Affleck's Oscar bait sequel to this hits movie screens. This was terrific. Looking forward to the next one.

GinaAnderson I'm going to have to move this up the stack. 8y
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MissieSarah
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Just the perfect kind of day.