Time of the Child

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A heartbreaking and life-affirming novel about small towns and second chances - from the international bestselling author of Four Letters of Love Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in the little town of Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from his community. A visit from the doctor is always a sign of bad things to come. His youngest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her fathers shadow, and remains there, having missed her chance at real love and passed up an offer of marriage from an unsuitable man. But in the advent season of 1962, as the town readies itself for Christmas, Ronnie and Doctor Troys lives are turned upside down when a baby is left in their care. As the winter passes, father and daughters lives, the understanding of their family, and their role in their community are changed forever.

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Praise for Niall Wiliams: A beautiful writer -- Hozier
What makes this so compelling and enjoyable is Williamss transparent love of his characters and delight in his setting * Observer *
Williams prose .... is written with a turn of phrase that makes the reader want to underline something on every page. I suggest we all buy his books, pushing him into that realm of globally fashionable Irish writers, but more importantly, sharing with a vast audience his humane and poetic world view * Financial Times *
Williams has painted a lush, wandering portrait of Faha, a village back in time in County Clare, Ireland We are invited to lower ourselves into a slower kind of time ... [A] bighearted novel * New York Times *
Williams has the eye of a poet and the raconteurs knack for finding a tale in the most unpromising nook of everyday life * Daily Mail *
With his silver ear for speech and extreme attentiveness to the Heaneyesque music of everyday, Mr Williams treads softly on the dreams of youth and memories of old age * Country Life *
A surge of language, beautiful and enchanting, a novel that weaves a love of literature into its own moving tale * Guardian *
A luminously written, magical work of fiction * New York Times Book Review *

Author Bio

Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. His critically acclaimed and bestselling fiction has been shortlisted for the Irish Times Literature Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the IMPAC Award. Williams debut novel Four Letters of Love, an international bestseller, has been adapted by the author for screen and will star Helena Bonham-Carter, Pierce Brosnan and Gabriel Byrne. He lives in Kiltumper in County Clare, with his wife, Christine. niallwilliams.com