About this Item
First published in 1995 by Viking Penguin, stated; first printing, full number line. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page: "To C-- / Congratulations on your 50th birthday (I remember mine well!) and thank you for enjoying my works / With all best wishes / Mary McGarry Morris." The book is square and unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (original price $26.95); Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 007572
Bibliographic Details
Title: Songs in Ordinary Time: A Novel
Publisher: Viking, New York
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Songs in Ordinary Time is a masterful epic of the everyday, illuminating the kaleidoscope of lives that tell the compelling story of this unforgettably family.
Enter Omar Duvall, a confidence man. He comes to the door asking for bread and sees an opportunity. Soon he has insinuated himself into the Fermoyle family, promising Marie companionship, love, a willing pair of shoulders to share her burden. Twelve-year-old Benjy knows something terrible about Duvall, but, desperate for anything that will make his mother happy, he hides the truth. This silence gives Duvall time to bring Marie to the brink of financial disaster and lead her sons into mortal danger.
Songs in Ordinary Time includes a chorus of other Atkinson inhabitants: town cop Sonny Stoner and his dying wife; insurance salesman Bob Haddad, so enthralled with his beautiful wife that he's willing to steal for her; and Father Gannon, the young priest with whom Marie's daughter Alice becomes involved; and the Klubock family next door, who epitomize all that is normal to young Benjy. With these lives threaded through her bittersweet tale of the Fermoyles, Morris strikes all the notes of loneliness, hope, and familial love.
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