A review by eileen_critchley
The Given Day by Dennis Lehane

4.0

Excellent historical novel taking place toward the end of WWI. I love books like this, as they force me to look up parts of history that I would not have otherwise known about. I had never heard of the "molasses flood" of 1919, but yes, it did occur. [I don't feel too bad about not knowing about it, my husband had never heard of it either:]. This book tackles racism, terrorism, and the start of unions in this country. Really hard to imagine how people lived the way they did back then. It's lengthy and took me a while to get through it, but I enjoyed it pretty much from start to finish.