a turbulent decade in the lives of three American families
Profiles the lives of three families in the 1970s as they deal with urban racial issues and school desegregation in Boston over a ten-year period. Follows the McGoff, Twyman, and Diver families, which include a widowed Irish-American family, an African-American family, and a white liberal middle-class family. Describes each family's historical roots and the role of the public figures who shaped the course of the families' lives.
