The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

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Summary

Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, and facing the closure of the mental institution where she's spent most her adulthood, Roseanne relates her astonishing life to psychiatrist Dr Grene.

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The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry

Nearing her one-hundredth birthday, and facing the closure of the mental institution where she's spent most her adulthood, Roseanne relates her astonishing life to psychiatrist Dr Grene. Told through their respective journals, the story that emerges is at once shocking and deeply beautiful. Exquisitely written, it is the story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment and ignorance, and yet marked still by love, passion and hope.
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ISBN 13 9780571215300
ISBN 10 0571215300
Title The Secret Scripture
Author Sebastian Barry
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2008-11-06
Number of pages 320
Prizes Winner of Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel of the Year Award 2009, Winner of Tubridy Show Listeners' Choice Award 2009, Winner of Costa Book of the Year 2008, Winner of Costa Novel Award 2008, Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2009, Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Borders Author of the Year 2009, Short-listed for Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008
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