{"product_id":"067087907x-songs_in_ordinary_time","title":"Songs in Ordinary Time","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer of 1960 in Atkinson, Vermont. Maria Fermoyle is a strong but vulnerable divorced woman whose loneliness and ambition for her children make her easy prey for dangerous con man Omar Duvall. Marie's children are Alice, seventeen\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003einvolved with a young priest; Norm, sixteen\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ehotheaded and idealistic; and Benny, twelve\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eisolated and misunderstood, and so desperate for his mother's happiness that he hides the deadly truth he knows about Duvall. We also meet Sam Fermoyle, the children's alcoholic father; Sam's brother-in-law, who makes anonymous \"love\" calls from the bathroom of his failing appliance store; and the Klubock family, who\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ein contrast to the Fermoyles\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003elive an orderly life in the house next door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSongs in Ordinary Time\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterful epic of the everyday, illuminating the kaleidoscope of lives that tell the compelling story of this unforgettably family. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Used - Poor","offer_id":46671287222462,"sku":"067087907X-6","price":19.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/812jXy3CDRL.jpg?v=1776882724","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/067087907x-songs_in_ordinary_time","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}