I am utterly obsessed with Niall Williams.

Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of TOM LAKE

A short story of surpassing sweetness . . . Williams' sentences are so lilting they almost scan as poetry . . . This uplifting reading experience could provide an effective emergency rescue for your next bad mood or dark day.

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

In this shimmering jewel of a novella, the canny and perceptive Williams offers a quiet, lyrical, deeply satisfying contemplation of life's deepest riddles. In three previous novels, Williams has lured legions of readers to Faha and its country lanes. A companion essay reveals that while Faha is a world thoroughly of his imagination, it's also as real as any place that can be pinpointed on a map.

Booklist, starred review

Two aging friends discuss mortality and the mysteries of the afterlife in this pensive short story . . . The author's fans will enjoy this.

Publishers Weekly

This novella revisits the charming Irish village of Faha with its quirky cast of characters. The delightful bonus for Williams's fans is the second half of this slim volume: a personal essay in which Willliams describes aspects of his writing life, how he came to create Faha, and how dear the characters are to him.

Library Journal

A study in human community that made me laugh out loud and remember how to love even the people who cause others so much suffering, and especially those who come together to ease it.

Margaret Renkl, The New York Times on TIME OF THE CHILD