Cassie H. (Irishcoda) reviewed on 12/14/2005 + 88 more book reviews

Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris is about a family touched by alcoholism, the Fermoyles. The father is a ne'er-do-well drunk and as totally unlovable as can be. He is obnoxious and sloppy and violent when he's drunk and Marie Fermoyle had to get herself out of that marriage. She and her children struggle on alone in the same town, suffering the indignities and embarrassment of the drunken father staggering around. There are lots of interesting characters in this book and each has a tale of their own. All of their lives are threaded together in a way that wasn't cumbersome to follow at all. A con man arrives in town...and there's a murder ... I just loved reading this book! It's not a quick read but well worth it!

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