Often, community involves a sense of belonging. But our contributor sees in Dennis Lehane’s new novel, “Small Mercies,” that belonging can become a trap if not tempered by openness to others.
There’s a refrain that spans time and distance. When circumstances are what they are, someone will shrug and say, “It is what it is.” In Dennis Lehane’s gritty new novel
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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.