Time of the Child

Niall Williams, Dermot Crowley

eAudio - 2024

Bloomsbury presents Time of the Child by Niall Williams, read by Dermot Crowley"I am such a fan of Niall Williams." —Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of Tom LakeFrom 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 fo...r 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... more