{"product_id":"songs-in-ordinary-time-9781504048118","title":"Songs in Ordinary Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling novel of a troubled family in 1960s Vermont is \"t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eeeming with incident and characters, often foolish, even nasty, but always alive\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504048118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 732\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\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e19885 \/ Songs in Ordinary Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mary McGarry Morris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655193063580,"sku":"9781504048118","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_639812e9-a32b-4e70-80ea-a4a2f0bb9b05.jpg?v=1603884959","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/songs-in-ordinary-time-9781504048118","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}