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The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry

Description: ISBN 0571215289 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Sebastian Barry / Hardcover / 320 Pages / Book is published 2008-05-01 by Faber and Faber

Newest Review: ... better than anyone, and even he knows little about her, only making the time to try to get to know her better when he come to ... more

... assess her for release or relocation - it quickly becomes apparent, however, that she has been in the institution for so long that no-one can remember why she was admitted in the first place. Roseanne is curiously taciturn about this point, although notes to herself that, "I am completely alone. There is no one in the world that knows me outside of this place, all my own people, the few farthings of them that once were, my little wren of a mother ... they are all gone now... I am only a thing left over, a remn...more

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The Secret Scripture - Sebastian Barry: Secrets and Lives (1276 words)
by - written on 07/05/09 (Very useful, 250 readings)
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The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry 320pp, Faber & Faber £7.99 paperback / £3.84 Amazon.co.uk An English teacher once suggested to me that the definition of a good book is one where you want to know what happens to the characters after the story ends. While that is not exactly true of Sebastian Barry's novel "The Secret Scripture" - I was rather bemused that it had been a Booker nominee to be honest - the nature of the story certainly left a considerable impression on me after I finished reading it, and I did spend quite some time thinking about the characters and the setting of the story. The themes and histories the book ... Read the complete review

A Secret Gem (674 words)
by - written on 05/07/08 (Very useful, 265 readings)
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This book is one of my favourite books I have read all year and I hope my review will do it justice. The secret Scripture is written by Sebastian Barry, author o A Long Long Way, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He lives in Ireland and his knowledge of the Land and History shines through in his writing. The secret Scripture tells the story of Roseanne McNulty who could be nearly 100years old but nobody is that sure. Roseanne lives in the Roscommon Mental Health Hospital as a patient and she has spent the best part of her adult life living there, why; nobody is sure. The Hospital faces an uncertain future as it faces closure and she ... Read the complete review