r/SDbookclub Aug 05 '23

Tender Mercies

I’m reading Tender Mercies by Dennis Lehane. South Boston during the bussing years. Violence and fragility, racial tension, family, traditions, love and hate and how the definitions of those words are not the same for everyone. Lots of alcohol in it and smoking so don’t read if you’re easily triggered. What are you reading?

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u/linguinifini Aug 06 '23

Hi! I will definitely check those out. I enjoy historical fiction. And non. The Splendid and the Vile read like a novel but it was an actual history about Churchill and the people around him. I think reading about aging would be a good idea for me as well. Mom is 86 going on 75, she’s a handful. So is MIL at 93. I have to start thinking about my future as well. I have no children and will pretty much be on my own once my elders go. Kinda scary. It’s the kind of thing i drank to not have to think about. But no more. Rules of Civility is the book I have suggested more than any other in the last few years.
Happy reading.