The Given Day LP
A Novel
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1090 pages · Released Sep 23, 2008 · Harper Collins
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The Given Day LP parent’s guide: what’s inside
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A note for parents
This is an adult historical crime novel set during Boston's 1919 police strike and influenza pandemic, not a children's book. It contains significant violence, mature themes, and psychological complexity appropriate for older teens and adults interested in history. The narrative explores labor rights, class conflict, and moral ambiguity through multiple perspectives and storylines.
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A Spanish influenza epidemic has gripped Boston and a struggling police department's attempt to unionize results in a strike with far-reaching implications. A Spanish influenza epidemic has gripped Boston and a struggling police department's attempt to unionize results in a strike with far-reaching implications.
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- Fiction
- Calibre Import
- Boston (Mass.)
- Literature
- Psychological fiction
- Boston (Mass.).
- Boston (Mass.). Police Dept
- Large print books
- Police Strike, Boston, Mass., 1919
- Boston (Mass.). Police Dept.
- Irish Americans
- Police
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ISBN 9780061668210 · Harper Collins