From Booker Prizelonglisted author Niall Williams comes a luminous novel about first loves, lost chances, and the quiet transformations that mark a life.

In the tiny, rain-soaked village of Faha, where nothing ever seems to change, the rain suddenly stopsand with it comes the promise of something new. Electricity is on its way, and so is Christy, an enigmatic stranger with a quiet mission of his own.

For seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe, who has just left the seminary and is unsure of his place in the world, Christys arrival marks the beginning of an unforgettable season. As Noel listens to the story of Christys long-lost love, he begins to navigate his own heartbreaks and awakenings.

Set in a world on the cusp of modernity, This Is Happiness is a tender, wise, and often wry portrait of a bygone Irelanda novel about memory, community, and the small, extraordinary moments that define us.