Novel 'Small Mercies' illuminates a turbulent period in Boston's history

Book critic Carol Iaciofano Aucoin says Dennis Lehane’s book, which explores Boston’s 1974 court-ordered busing to desegregate schools, is richly textured and filled with historically accurate local details.

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