{"product_id":"time-of-the-child-winner-of-the-kerry-group-irish-novel-of-the-year-award","title":"Time of the Child: Winner of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe writing in this book is lyrical . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ea beautiful book that you will love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood Morning America's #1 Favorite Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" -Ann Patchett, \u003ci\u003eNew York Time\u003c\/i\u003es bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMade me laugh out loud and remember how to love.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Renkl, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the November 2025 Late Show with Stephen Colbert Book Club Pick, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoctor 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set over the course of one December in the same village as Williams' beloved \u003ci\u003eThis Is Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime of the Child \u003c\/i\u003eis a tender return to Faha for readers who know its charms, and a heartwarming welcome to new readers entering for the very first time.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941959598311,"sku":"9781639734207","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_86b725d2-808e-4e13-b254-0b7d1aae788c.jpg?v=1775242265","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/time-of-the-child-winner-of-the-kerry-group-irish-novel-of-the-year-award","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}