I loved This is Happiness and couldn't wait to get back to the village of Faha on the wild west coast of Ireland. In 1962, electricity was still more accommodated than embraced and life still moved slowly. So did this story. I would described the first 100 pages or so as overwritten. Most of it beautiful Irish prose - but too much. Loved the family complication of Doctor Troy and his daughters. Loved revisiting the cultural mystery of the Irish Catholic church and its attitude toward a child abandoned. Glad I plowed through the "too many words" to the warm wise ending but I almost didn't.
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