The Corner Book Club Meeting in Person
Join us for a lively, librarian led discussion of bestselling author Dennis Lehane's novel, "Small Mercies", c. 2023. In the summer of 1974 a heatwave blankets Boston where Mary Pat Fennessy is struggling to make ends meet. Mary Pat has lived her entire life in the housing projects of “Southie,” the Irish American enclave ... .One night Mary Pat’s teenage daughter Jules doesn’t come home. That same evening, a young Black man is found dead, struck by a subway train under mysterious circumstances. The 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…Small Mercies is a superb thriller, a brutal depiction of criminality and power, and an unflinching portrait of the dark heart of American racism.
- Date:
- Thursday, June 26, 2025
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Montclair Bellevue Ave Branch - Classroom
- BCCLS Library:
- Montclair Bellevue Avenue Branch
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Bellevue Avenue Branch Book Discussion
Registration is recommended.
- reference@montclairlibrary.org
- 185 Bellevue Ave
Montclair, NJ 07403 - 973-744-0500 x2283
- https://montclairlibrary.org