After a crisis of faith, the seventeen-year-old seminarian Noel moves in with his grandparents for a summer in Faha, a small Irish village where nothing ever changes; not even the rain, which has accompanied the village since the beginning. Until one day, we write Holy Week in 1958, he suddenly stops. On this day, Christy also comes to the village, a well-traveled man who travels through the country on behalf of the government and promotes electrification. Christy becomes a subtenant with Noel's grandparents and a friend and mentor for the young man. While Noel develops his first feelings for a girl and feels his way in life, the real reason for Christy's presence is revealed. He has returned to apologize to a beloved woman. But even if time in Faha seemed to stand still until now, it does not stop at its inhabitants. And Christy may have arrived too late. Biography (Niall Williams) Niall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958 and now lives in Kiltumper, western Ireland. Together with his wife Christine Breen, he wrote four books about life in a small Irish village. His first novel, "The Alphabet of Love", was published in eleven countries and was number one on the Irish bestseller list for many weeks. §