The Fort Plain Free Library will host a reading/discussion of Dennis Lehane’s critically acclaimed novel, The Given Day. The discussion is scheduled for Wednesday evening, September 16th, from 6:30 – 8:30, at the library and will be facilitated by Frankie Bailey. “Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane’s long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters more richly drawn than any Lehane has ever created, 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 some of the pivotal events of the time–including the Spanish Influenza pandemic–and culminating in the Boston Police Strike of 1919, The Given Day explores the crippling violence and irrepressible exuberance of a country at war with, and in the thrall of, itself.”
Copies of the book are available for loan at the Fort Plain Free Library. The presentation is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts in cooperation with the Mohawk Valley Library System and participating member libraries. For further information, please call the library at (518) 993-4646 during regular library hours.
