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Small mercies : a novel / Dennis Lehane.

Lehane, Dennis, (author.).

Summary:
Summer, 1974. A heat wave blankets Boston, where Mary Pat Fennessy has lived her entire life in the housing projects of Southie, the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition. One night, Mary Pat's teenage daughter doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a train under mysterious circumstances. The events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins asking questions that bother the chieftain of the Irish mob, who doesn't take kindly to threats to his business. Set against the turbulent months when Boston's desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, Small Mercies is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism. -- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062129529
  • ISBN: 006212952X
  • Physical Description: x, 445 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First Harper Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
Subject: Missing persons > Fiction.
Irish Americans > Fiction.
Organized crime > Fiction.
Boston (Mass.) > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 8 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 11 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library LARGE TYPE LEHANE (Text) 50686016304169 Adult Fiction On Holds Shelf -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library LP M LEH (Text) 37268003165347 AHMFL Large Print Available -
BCPL - Headquarters FC LEH BCPL FLOATING COLLECTION (Text) 33249025263561 Large Print Fiction Available -
Brandywine Community Library LEH (Text) 33249025028907 Large Print Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library LEH (Text) 33249025536214 Large Print Fiction Available -
Huntingdon County Library LPF LEH (Text) 30298100617277 Large Print Fiction Available -
Littlestown Library LP FIC LEHANE DENNIS (Text) 35740635944713 Large Print Fiction Checked Out 04/13/2024
Martin Library Adults LEH Large Print (Text) 33454005946207 Reading Room Available -
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County Adults LEH Large Print (Text) 34318001230149 Adult Area Available -
Tunkhannock Public Library LT F LEH (Text) 31650000623988 Large Type Fiction Checked Out 03/21/2024

Summary: Summer, 1974. A heat wave blankets Boston, where Mary Pat Fennessy has lived her entire life in the housing projects of Southie, the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition. One night, Mary Pat's teenage daughter doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a train under mysterious circumstances. The events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins asking questions that bother the chieftain of the Irish mob, who doesn't take kindly to threats to his business. Set against the turbulent months when Boston's desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, Small Mercies is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism. --

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