{"product_id":"9780349145754-small-mercies","title":"Small Mercies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Times and Sunday Times Thriller of the Month\u003cbr\u003eThe brilliant new novel from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Dennis Lehane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BARACK OBAMA SUMMER READING PICK 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You'll be lucky if you read a more engaging novel this year' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e Thriller of the Month April 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'At the heart of the book is a masterly psychological study of racism\u003c\/b\u003e. Lehane (who was a writer on \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e) provides \u003cb\u003etop-notch dialogue, an absorbing mystery and an evocation of a historical moment foreshadowing America's 21st-century ethnic divide\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Thriller of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eSmall Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e is thought-provoking, engaging, enraging, and can't-put-it-down entertainment' Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A jaw-dropping thriller. a resonant, unflinching story written by a novelist who is simply one of the best around' Gillian Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/i\u003es bestselling author Dennis Lehane returns with a masterpiece to rival \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e - an all-consuming tale of revenge, family love, festering hate, and insidious power, set against one of the most tumultuous episodes in Boston's history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Mrs. Fennessy, please go home.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'And do what?'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Whatever you do when you're home.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'And \u003c\/i\u003ethen\u003ci\u003e what?'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Get up the next day and do it again.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe shakes her head. 'That's not living.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'It is if you can find the small blessings.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe smiles, but her eyes shine with agony. 'All my small blessings are gone.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston and Mary Pat Fennessey is trying to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of 'Southie', the Irish American enclave that stubbornly adheres to old tradition and stands proudly apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne night Mary Pat's teenage daughter Jules stays out late and doesn't come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two events seem unconnected. But Mary Pat, propelled by a desperate search for her missing daughter, begins turning over stones best left untouched - asking questions that bother Marty Butler, chieftain of the Irish mob, and the men who work for him, men who don't take kindly to any threat to their business.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet against the hot, tumultuous months when the city's desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, \u003ci\u003eSmall Mercies\u003c\/i\u003e is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40805636472929,"sku":"9780349145754","price":19.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29647484.jpg?v=1725635338","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349145754-small-mercies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}