The Secret Scripture
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780571215294 (0571215297)
ASIN: 0571215297
Publish date: 2009-04-28
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Irish Literature,
Mystery,
Contemporary,
Ireland,
Fiction,
Historical
bookshelves: radio-4x, published-2008, lit-richer, lifestyles-deathstyles, britain-ireland, booker-longlist, summer-2014, fradio, roman-catholic Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners Read from June 20 to July 04, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b128nDescription: As a young woman, Roseanne ...
This review was first posted on Northern Plunder, if you want to see more reviews please click here.I read The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry with my book club at college and I honestly didn't expect much from it. I selected this out of the two book choices we were given because I'm partial to ...
Beautiful, subtle, fragile... I'll write a proper review later only I think I am little I don't know for sure how to describe it. I have given a five to round it up from 4.5 because overall... it really is a lovely book, one that creeps up on you.
This book gripped me right from the begining and drew me in so much that halfways through the story I realised this was fiction and not a true story, the characters are great and so real, there were parts of this book that I would exclaim out loud. I would really recommend this book to anyone.