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Niall Williams, author of Time of the Child

Doctor Jack Troy was born and raised in Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean that 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 for 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 of their family and their role in their community are changed forever.

Week of September 21, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of September 21st include NASH FALLS, a stunning thriller from David Baldacci that finds Walter Nash's life turned completely upside down when he is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a global crime network; Ken Follett's CIRCLE OF DAYS, the deeply human story of one of the world’s greatest mysteries: the building of Stonehenge; TIME OF THE CHILD by Niall Williams, a compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha; Joshua Sharpe's THE MAN NO ONE BELIEVED, the riveting story of a 1985 double murder, a long-overdue investigation, and the fight to exonerate an innocent man; and WHATEVER HAPPENED TO LORI LOVELY? by Sarah McCoy, a spellbinding novel based on a true story, in which a beautiful young movie star of Hollywood’s Golden Age gives up her bright career to become a nun.