I read The Secret Scripture [Viking, June] and I have to say, I'm in love with this author! Novelist, poet, and playwright Sebastian Barry (The Long, Long Way and The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty) weaves a brilliant tale of secrets, memory and grief with prose that is both classic and elegant.
This is almost a psychological study of two characters: doctor and patient, their lives and minds. Roseanne is 100 years of age, and has lived most of her life in a home for the mentally ill. She's been recording her memories and life story in secret, as she remembers it, but her doctor, Dr. Grene, has found information on Roseanne which is totally different from her story.
The connection between these two lost souls is touching, and as their stories unfold, this novel becomes a true page-turner that is not only hard to put down, but hard to forget!
