![]() This is a first-hand account of the old lady’s history, but the nature of history, as Dr Grene reminds us, is only “memory in decent sentences.” As such. In choosing to tell the story primarily in Roseanne’s voice, Barry has presented the reader with a nebulous puzzle from the first page. However, Roseanne has been keeping records of her own, a secret journal of her turbulent childhood in 1930s Ireland and her subsequent life as a young woman, a wife and a mother. ![]() With the hospital about to close and Roseanne approaching her hundredth birthday, psychiatrist Dr Grene must piece together the flimsy records of the past in order to decide Roseanne’s future. ![]() The novel tells the story of Roseanne McNulty, who has been a patient in a mental hospital for more years than anyone can remember. ![]() In 2008, it was named the Costa Book of the Year. The Secret Scripture comes from the pen of acclaimed Irish author, Sebastian Barry. ![]()
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