The Given Day -- Dennis Lehane

<p>Gut-wrenching force...A majestic, fiery epic. The Given Day is a huge, impassioned, intensively researched book that brings history alive. - <em>The New York Times</em> </p><p>Dennis Lehane, the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Live by Night</em>--now a Warner Bros. movie starring Ben Affleck--offers 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.</p><p></p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Dennis Lehane<br><b>Publisher:</b> William Morrow & Company<br><b>Published:</b> 09/04/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 736<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.28lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.04h x 5.29w x 1.41d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780062190949<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 5.2<br><b>Point Value:</b> 32<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>126809 / Given Day<br>