{"product_id":"songs-in-ordinary-time-paperback","title":"Songs in Ordinary Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary McGarry Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 732\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Songs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760595239200,"sku":"9781504048118","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93da78f0f5aecf73e5a4835d2942e784.webp?v=1780184291","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/songs-in-ordinary-time-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}