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Songs in Ordinary Time
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. Excerpt I Reading Group Guide I Reviews I Buy Books Vanished I A Dangerous Woman I Songs in Ordinary Time I Fiona Range I A Hole in the Universe |
It'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—involved with a young
priest; Norm, sixteen—hotheaded and idealistic; and Benny,
twelve—isolated 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—in contrast to the Fermoyles—live an orderly
life in the house next door. 