A soupçon of dark humor keeps this story from curdling into tragedy, but the grief that winds through these tender passages cuts deep ... You can trust O Now! to lead you somewhere dear because it takes place in Faha ... Williams draws a miracle from the sky as common and lovely and irresistible as fallen leaves.
Companionable ... The story is equal parts specificity and schmaltz: Patrick Kavanagh as directed by Frank Capra ... The fantasy of these books...is to redeem connection, together with a cosy and very contemporary desire to unplug.
In this shimmering jewel of a novella, the canny and perceptive Williams offers a quiet, lyrical, deeply satisfying contemplation of life’s deepest riddles.
