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Title: Mary McGarry Morris' best book!
Review: If you like real characters and situations and a story that pierces the heart, you will love Songs in Ordinary Time. The characters range from an evil con-man, Omar, to the three vulnerable children of a single hardworking mom, Marie Fermoyle, who is rapidly falling for his smooth talk and deception. Her only hope is her teenage son who seems to be the only person to see through this man of lies.The cast of characters also include a wayward priest, a brother and sister who are simple believers and the father (husband of Marie) of the three children who is also the town drunk.Incredible to me were the manipulations of Omar, a sociopath and murderer who knows no shame. Also interesting is the mind of an idealistic priest who rationalizes his involvement with a 17-year-old girl. It is a big book (700+ pages) but I didn't want it to end.
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