{"product_id":"9780571323951-secret-scripture","title":"The Secret Scripture","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY\u003cbr\u003eNearing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003ci\u003eTHE NEWER WORLD\u003c\/i\u003e - THE UNFORGETTABLE NEW NOVEL FROM SEBASTIAN BARRY - IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAN \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2008 Costa Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2008\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year 2008\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top 100 Novel of the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatured on BBC2's 'Between the Covers' as a Booker Gem 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoseanne McNulty is one of the last inhabitants of a soon-to-be closed asylum in the West of Ireland. No one knows how old she is or can remember why she was committed. But she knows and, finally, is about to tell her psychiatrist, Dr Grene. Refracted through the haze of memory, Roseanne's account is an extraordinary alternative history of Ireland, and the story of a life blighted by mistreatment, yet marked still by passion and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30701073891425,"sku":"9780571323951","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41019933_4f69627e-87af-4329-8977-93ed01f19456.jpg?v=1777006432","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571323951-secret-scripture","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}