The Winding Road to a Good Book

Two years ago I read a book that immediately jumped into my top five books of all time: Niall Williams’ This is Happiness.

Harking back to a simpler time, This Is Happiness is a tender portrait of a community – its idiosyncrasies and traditions, its paradoxes and kindnesses, its failures and triumphs – and a coming-of-age tale like no other. Luminous an…