Secret Scripture
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Limited
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780571239610
Subjects: Fiction, psychological; Fiction, family life; Psychiatrists, fiction; Ireland, fiction; Fiction, historical, general
Description: Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne faces an uncertain future, as the 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. This relationship intensifies as he mourns the death of his wife.