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From the author of This Is Happiness, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha.
Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from the town. His eldest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father's shadow, and remains there, having missed one chance at love – and passed up another offer of marriage from an unsuitable man.
But in the Advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troy's lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes, father and daughter's lives, the understanding of their family, and their role in their community are changed forever.
Set over the course of one December in the same village as Williams' beloved This Is Happiness, Time of the Child is a tender return to Faha for readers who know its charms, and a heartwarming welcome to new readers entering for the very first time.
What are your reading this week? (12-19-2024)
I finished Time of the Child by Niall Williams and Shadowplay by Joseph O'Connor. Two Irish titles back to back. I'm now reading an older book from by unread tbr: The Incarnations by Susan Barker....
-Anne_Glasgow
What are your reading this week? (12-12-2024)
I've read Trepasses, but not Night Swimmers (will look for it.) I discovered Niall Williams in the last few months, and cannot recommend Time of the Child highly enough!
-Evonne_Benedict
What are you reading this week? (12-05-2024)
I loved 'Time of the Child' so much, I'm now reading Niall Williams first, 'Four Letters of Love.' It's so good! A film version is due out early 2025.
-Evonne_Benedict
Which book or series would you like to see made into TV show or movie?
Time of the Child by Niall Williams would make a wonderful movie, although it would be hard to top the written words.
-Gabi_J
Christmas/Holiday books
I am currently reading "Time of the Child" by Niall Williams. @Anne_Glasgow if you liked Keegan, you might like this one. I am also looking forward to reading Benjamin Stevenson's "Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret." It is the third in his entertaining Ernest Cunningham series.
-Gabi_J
What are you reading this week? (11-21-2024)
I have started reading as well as listening to "Time of the Child" by Niall Williams. It hearkens of Patrick Taylor's Country Doctor series. I am not much of a holiday book reader but I can tell this one is a winner for me.
-Gabi_J
"One need not have read the first installment to enjoy the second; reading them in the opposite order is just as good. Treat yourself to this." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"With its elegant plot, endearing characters and subtle humor, this is a lovely Christmas miracle of a book." —Library Journal (starred review)
"A Christmas miracle lies at the heart of this tender offering ... Williams works up to the miraculous event with steady pacing, breathing life into the characters and crafting a memorable sense of place. For those looking to get into the holiday spirit, this is just the ticket." ―Publishers Weekly
"A powerful pleasure to find myself back in Faha where the prose is luminous, the people irresistible, the stories mesmerizing, and it never stops raining." ―Karen Joy Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and Booth
"With writing so stunning, Time of The Child forces the reader to turn down page after page to always remember what genius is. Another glorious and touching novel from Niall Williams, one of the world's greatest storytellers." ―Anne Griffin, internationally bestselling author of When All Is Said
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Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. He studied English and French literature at University College Dublin before graduating with a Master's degree in Modern American Literature. He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen, whom he had met while she was a Master's student also at UCD, and took his first job opening boxes of books in Fox and Sutherland's bookshop in Mount Kisco. He later worked as a copywriter for Avon Books in New York City before leaving America with Chris in 1985 to attempt to make a life as a writer.
Niall and Christine moved on April 1st to the cottage in west Clare that Chris's grandfather had left eighty years before to find his life in America. In 1991 Niall's first play 'The Murphy Initiative' was staged at The Abbey Theatre in Dublin. ...
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