{"product_id":"this-is-happiness","title":"This Is Happiness","description":"\u003cp\u003e* Pre-Order Niall Williams' next story set in Faha O NOW! *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe November 2025 Late Show Book Club Pick!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I am such a fan of Niall Williams.\" -Ann Patchett,  New York Times  bestselling author of  Tom Lake\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA profound and enchanting novel set in the rural Irish village of Faha, from bestselling  Time of the Child  author Niall Williams, about the loves of our lives and the joys of reminiscing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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:  something has changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLuminous and otherworldly, and yet anchored with deep-running roots into the earthy and the everyday,  This Is Happiness  is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNiall's other novels set in Faha include  History of the Rain  and  Time of the Child , which are both available now!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54359862247792,"sku":"A3034","price":8.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/ebook_2200_2d3e181531.jpg?v=1790156370","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/this-is-happiness","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}