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This is happiness

Williams, Niall, 1958-2019
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Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish that hasn't changed in 1000 years. For one thing, the rain is stopping. Nobody remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard is a condition of living. But now - just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity - the rain clouds are lifting. 17-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets he needs to atone for. Though he can't explain it, Noel knows right then: something has changed. As the people of Faha anticipate the endlessly procrastinated advent of the electricity, and Noel navigates his own coming-of-age and his fallings in and out of love, Christy's past gradually comes to light, casting a new glow on a small world.
Main title:
This is happiness / Niall Williams.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
380 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781526609335 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92GFAF
LC class:
PR6073.I43273
Local class:
FTAFF
Language:
English
BRN:
2514392
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