Sharon's 'One Book' Is A Given For Library

It's officially a Given that Sharon will read together again this spring.

The One Book, One Town: Sharon Reads Together Committee has chosen "The Given Day: A Novel" by Dennis Lehane for this year's fifth community read.

The Sharon Public Library will have copies available for purchase before the holidays, Library Director and committee co-chair Barbra Nadler said. 

Programs will run sometime this spring.

"It's easy to read. It draws you in immediately. There's so much happening with it," Nadler said.

Publisher HarperCollins describes the book as "the story of two families—one black, one white—swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power."

"Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future," according to HarperCollins' website.

Committee Co-Chair Lisa Delaney said that "this is a fascinating book, and it has so many incredible themes."

"Our goal is to have a community building experience or a shared reading experience," she said.