The Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75
· 24 ratings · 332 pages · Published: 02 Apr 2008
Told through their respective journals, the story that emerges is at once shocking and deeply beautiful. Refracted through the haze of memory and retelling, Roseanne's story becomes an alternative, secret history of Ireland's changing character and the story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment and ignorance, and yet marked still by love and passion and hope.
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