Dennis Lehane taps his Boston roots for novel 'Small Mercies'

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Author Dennis Lehane's vivid recollections of growing up in Boston during the busing desegregation crisis in the mid-1970s inspired his 2023 novel "Small Mercies."

The book is out in paperback this week. We revisit host Tiziana Dearing's conversation with Lehane, which aired last July.