From: Bath Public Library
Contact: Lisa Hjelm
Tel: (603) 747-3372


Want to Connect to Other Readers? Join the Bath Book Club!

The Bath Library Book Club will be discussing “This Is Happiness” by Niall Williams on Monday, March 9 at 5:00 pm at the Bath Public Library. Change is coming to Faha, a small Irish parish that hasn’t changed in a thousand years.

Just as Father Coffey proclaims the coming of the electricity, Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets he needs to atone for. Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the sunshine when, though he can’t explain it, he knows that something has changed.
As the people of Faha anticipate the endlessly procrastinated advent of the electricity, and Noel navigates his own fallings in and out of love, Christy’s past gradually comes to light.

“This Is Happiness” is a tender portrait of a community and a coming-of-age tale like no other. It is about the power of stories: their invisible currents that run through all we do, writing and rewriting us, and the transforming light that they throw onto our world.

Books may be picked up at the Bath Library; hours are Monday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Wednesday 9:00 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Thursday and Saturday 9:00 am to noon. Anyone with an interest in reading and conversing about books is welcome to attend. For information, please contact the library at 603-747-3372 or email bathlibraryljh@gmail.com