The Secret Scripture |
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 | Roseanne Clear is approaching one hundred years of age and has lived the majority of her adult years confined in Roscommon Mental Hospital. As she approaches the end of her life she decides to write about her early years, secretly keeping the manuscript hidden from her psychiatrist.
He is Dr William Grene, who has also has been at Roscommon for a long time, most of his working life in fact. As he approaches retirement, the pending closure of the hospital requires him to make a judgement about the future needs of all his patients. When he comes to examine Roseanne's background he finds few of her records have survived and he opens a cautious dialogue with her to understand her past and how she came to be committed. As he does so, he decides to keep a diary of what transpires.
As their guarded and ultimately trusting relationship develops, we come to know a little of the prejudice and sectarianism of Sligo in the two decades leading up to the Second World War. Roseanne's Presbyterian ... read more.
Written by Sebastian Barry.
Published 24 April 2008.
Published by Faber and Faber.
rrp £12.99.
320 pages Paperback.
ISBN: 0571239617
ISBN-13: 9780571239610 | |
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