The Secret Scripture
Book description
Recording the events of her life from a mental hospital as her hundredth birthday approaches, Roseanne McNulty considers returning to society when she learns that the hospital is about to close, but her situation is complicated by the possibility that Roseanne remembers her life quite differently from what is documented…
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1 author picked The Secret Scripture as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In the 1970s, I worked in a large old English mental hospital, which was soon to be closed and replaced by community care services. This novel is set in an Irish hospital where the same process is underway. It concerns the developing relationship between two characters.
One is the psychiatrist tasked with assessing the long-stay patients prior to relocation. The other is a woman of about 100 years old who has spent all her adult life in the hospital and kept a secret diary. The book is beautifully written and serves as a reminder that aged people in institutions should…
From Jennifer's list on family secrets and mysteries from the past.
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