• Bestselling author Niall Williams joins Sara for a chat about his new novel, 'Time Of The Child'

  • Dec 2 2024
  • Length: 19 mins
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Bestselling author Niall Williams joins Sara for a chat about his new novel, 'Time Of The Child'

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  • Niall gives us some brilliant writing tips - and shares a little of his own writing routine too. As well as talking about his brilliant new novel, which takes place in the same village as his previous. He tells Sara about his fascination with this made-up village - Faha - and why he doesn't want to leave it on the page.

    The novel tells the story of Doctor Jack Troy and his daughter, Ronnie.

    Doctor Troy was born and raised in the little town of Faha, but his responsibilities for the sick and his care for the dying mean he has always been set apart from his community. A visit from the doctor is always a sign of bad things to come. His youngest daughter, Ronnie, has grown up in her father's shadow, and remains there, having missed her chance at real love – and passed up an 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.
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