{"product_id":"songs-in-ordinary-time-9781504048118","title":"Songs in Ordinary Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller of a troubled family in 1960s Vermont is \"teeming with incident and characters, often foolish, even nasty, but always alive\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is the summer of 1960 in Atkinson, Vermont. With no help from her alcoholic ex-husband, Marie Fermoyle is raising three children on the edge of poverty. Her seventeen-year-old daughter, Alice, is becoming emotionally involved with a local priest in a staunchly Catholic town that disapproves of Marie's divorce. Alice's brother Norm is a hotheaded sixteen-year-old, and twelve-year-old Benjy is isolated and full of anxieties, looking with yearning at the Klubocks next door, who seem to live an orderly, peaceful life much unlike his own family's. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now, Marie has met a new man: Omar Duvall, who talks about opportunities and riches but so far seems only to sponge off the Fermoyles. A lonely, desperate single mother like Marie is easy prey for con men, but she resists the temptation to doubt him. Young Benjy, though, may eventually reveal a disturbing secret that could shatter all her hopes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A portrait of a family as well as a town and its secrets, \u003ci\u003eSongs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a gritty, beautifully crafted novel rich in wisdom and suspense\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e). An Oprah's Book Club selection from an author nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award, it is \"extraordinary . . . a deeply satisfying story\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-240780\"\u003eMary McGarry Morris\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504048118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1504048113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC008000\"\u003eSagas\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary McGarry Morris grew up in Vermont and now lives on the North Shore in Massachusetts. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eVanished\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1988 and was nominated for the National Book Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) was chosen by\u003ci\u003e Time\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as one of the \"Five Best Novels of the Year\" and was made into a motion picture starring Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey, and Gabriel Byrne.\u003ci\u003e Songs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) was an Oprah's Book Club selection, which propelled it to the top of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list for many weeks, and it was adapted for a TV movie starring Sissy Spacek and Beau Bridges. Morris's other highly acclaimed works include the novels \u003ci\u003eFiona Range\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eA Hole in the Universe\u003c\/i\u003e (2004), \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Mother\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Secret\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), and \u003ci\u003eLight from a Distant Star\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), as well as the play \u003ci\u003eMTL: The Insanity File\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44519638630637,"sku":"9781504048118","price":33.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_36ba5213-7915-4cef-a1d0-ec1f0e1ee5a4.jpg?v=1701262207","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/songs-in-ordinary-time-9781504048118","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}