Secret Scripture

By Sebastian Barry

Subjects: Older women, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general, Women patients, Fiction, family life, Psychiatrists, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, Ireland, fiction, Psychiatrists, Social conditions, Fiction, psychological, Physician and patient

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.