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The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (Paperback, 2009)
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Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future, as the Roscommon Regional Mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life, prepares for closure. Over the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist Dr Grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicates. Told through their respective journals, the story that emerges is at once shocking and deeply beautiful. Refracted through the haze of memory and retelling, Roseanne's story becomes an alternative, secret history of Ireland's changing character and the story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment and ignorance, and yet marked still by love and passion and hope.Product Identifiers
PublisherFaber & Faber
ISBN-139780571215294
eBay Product ID (ePID)87333099
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Secret Scripture
AuthorSebastian Barry
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2009
Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorSebastian Barry
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 10 Jan, 2018
Compelling story of prejudice, love, and interwoven relationships with a twist in the end.
This story is set in Ireland, a country full of prejudices, in the period since WW2 up until modern times. Threads of the life of a young woman and eventually into her old age come together into a good read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 May, 2020
Brilliant novel
Fantastic book couldn’t put down. A real story told beautifully wonderful language.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Sep, 2018
Great book
Love this author and noticed that this copy was a very good price. Glad I did buy it because its a beautiful read. Really enjoying it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Jan, 2021
"The Secret Scripture" by Sebastian Barry
Sebastian Barry is a brilliant writer, one of the very best contemporary authors around today.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Dec, 2020
Great author, hoping for another compelling read
Loved a previous title by this author and couldn’t resist this bargain.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Jan, 2022
Brilliant
A moving account of a girl’s journey through life beset by conflict created by other people’s problems against a religious and political backdrop. Highly sensitive and powerfully descriptive. A twisting turning narrative with a shocking ending. Couldn’t put the book down!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Oct, 2019
Brilliant.
Beautifully written, emotional roller-coaster of a book. Deserves every accolade it's been given, and more.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 06 Jun, 2018
A truly Wonderful Story
This is a wonderful story brilliantly told by a fabulous writer. Buy it and read it, and then like me you'll buy it for others.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Mar, 2017
Very moving
A very moving story with unusual ending. The main character, Roseanne, had a hard time fit.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 16 Sep, 2021
Appropriate title
Excellent and interesting storyline. A compelling read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
