Roseanne has spent upwards of 60 years in institutions, and the question is not only whether she’s sane now, but whether she was ever truly insane. Although he’s treated her for decades, it’s only as the hospital reaches its end that the doctor begins to dig further into Roseanne’s shadowy past.
Grene, the psychiatrist evaluating her as the institution is about to close. The Secret Scripture is a book of secrets and sorrow, told through the journals of 100-year-old Roseanne McNulty, a mental hospital resident, and Dr. Yet another book I might never have picked up were it not for my book group! Grene researches her case, he discovers a document that tells a very different version of Roseanne’s life from what she can recall. Grene, who has been asked to evaluate the patients to decide if they can return to society when the hospital closes down.
As the story of Roseanne’s life unfolds, so does the life of her caregiver, Dr. Now, she is a patient at Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital, and nearing her hundredth year.
When she was a young woman, Roseanne McNulty was one of the most beautiful and beguiling girls in County Sligo, Ireland.
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