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Fiction on the Fringe: Lunchtime Edition: Time of the Child

Join us for the monthly Fiction on the Fringe Book Club (formerly Fiction Addiction) as we discuss Time of the Child by Niall Williams. Summary plot: In the Advent season of 1962, Doctor Jack Troy and his daughter Ronnie, long isolated from their small Irish town of Faha, find their lives and their understanding of family and community transformed when a baby is unexpectedly left in their care.

Read the Kirkus Book Review from Nov. 19, 2024 for more background.

Bring your thoughts and interpretations for a lively conversation—everyone is welcome! Light refreshments will be served. Feel free to bring your own lunch and join us for a literary chat.

Questions? Contact Dora Salm at dsalm@greenwichlibrary.org or (203) 622-7910.

Date:
Monday, December 22, 2025
Time:
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Location:
2nd Floor Meeting Room
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Book Discussion  

Registration is required. There are 9 seats available.

About the Author: Niall Williams: Born in Dublin in 1958, studied English and French Literature at University College, Dublin. He moved to New York in 1980 where he married Christine Breen, whom he had met while she was also a student at UCD. His first job in New York was opening boxes of books in Fox & Sutherland's Bookshop in Mount Kisco. In 1985, he and Chris left America to attempt to make lives as writers in Ireland. On April 1st they moved to the cottage in west Clare that Chris's grandfather had left eighty years before. They have two adult children, a dog named Finn and a cat called Thanks.

Niall’s first four books, published between 1987 and 1995, were co-written with Chris and tell of their life together in Co Clare.