Secret Scripture

Sebastian Barry

RRP: £16.99

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 01/05/2008

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A moving novel of a remarkable woman's stolen life, from the author of "A Long Long Way", which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Set between contemporary Roscommon and 1930s Sligo, it follows the memories of a 100 year old woman, who has been confined to mental hospital for most of her life. There will be a massive publicity campaign across the media, and both a UK and Irish press advertising campaign. 'Sebastian Barry's fiction is unique, and it is magnificent.' Frank McGuinness

Publisher's description:

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.

ISBN: 9780571215287