{"product_id":"this-is-happiness-hc","title":"This is Happiness HC","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA profound and enchanting novel set in the rural Irish village of Faha, from bestselling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTime of the Child\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eauthor Niall Williams, about the loves of our lives and the joys of reminiscing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rain is stopping. Nobody in the small, forgotten village of Faha remembers when it started; rain on the western seaboard was a condition of living. Now--just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of electricity--it is stopping. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is standing outside his grandparents' house shortly after the rain has stopped when he encounters Christy for the first time. Though he can't explain it, Noel knows right then:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esomething has changed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of all that was to follow: Christy's long-lost love and why he had come to Faha, Noel's own experiences falling in and out of love, and the endlessly postponed arrival of electricity--a development that, once complete, would leave behind a world that had not changed for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLuminous and otherworldly, and yet anchored with deep-running roots into the earthy and the everyday, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThis Is Happiness\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis about stories as the very stuff of life: the ways they make the texture and matter of our world, and the ways they write and rewrite us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNiall's other novels set in Faha include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHistory of the Rain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTime of the Child\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which are both available now!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51741019734247,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/51oQShkA1tL.webp?v=1769123840","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/this-is-happiness-hc","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}