by Mary McGarry Morris · Le Grand Livre du Mois · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782702833018
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«Mélodie du temps ordinaire» is the novel by Mary McGarry Morris, published by Le Grand Livre du Mois in paperback (655 pages, in French).
In the summer of 1960 in Vermont, Marie Fermoyle, a divorced woman with two children, tries to support her family when Omar Duvall, a charismatic outsider, wins her trust. Benjy, the twelve-year-old son, senses that the newcomer is hiding something sinister. A family drama of secrets, deceptions, and everyday tensions.
The novel was originally published in 1995 as Songs in Ordinary Time; this French edition, translated by Daniel Bismuth, appeared in 1999.
A novel for readers of literary fiction and family drama, especially those interested in everyday stories set in the United States.
Mary McGarry Morris is an American novelist, short story author and playwright from New England. She uses its towns as settings for her works. In 1991, Michiko Kakutani of The New York Times described Morris as "one of the most skillful new writers at work in America today"; The Washington Post has described her as a "superb storyteller"; and The Miami Herald has called her "one of our finest American writers".
