[ebooktalk] Re: "The Secret Scripture" by Sebastian Barrie
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:51 +0100
Hi Pele,
I loved A Long Long Way too, but that was a pretty bleak book. I'm sorry that
The Secret Scripture isn't so far as captivating, perhaps it will pick up by
the end.
Shell.
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From: "Pele West" <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:21 AM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] "The Secret Scripture" by Sebastian Barrie
> Hi Everyone
>
> Currently I am reading "The Secret Scripture" by Sebastian Barrie. It is a
> very bleak book, and I haven't yet decided if I really like it or if, when I
> get to the end, I
> will feel I have wasted my time reading it.
>
> It consists of two journals: one of a woman who is about 100 years old and
> lives in a psychiatric hospital in Ireland, and the other is the journal of
> her psychiatrist.
> The hospital is closing and the replacement building is much smaller and has
> a lot fewer beds, so some patients are being sent into the community.
>
> I would be interested to know if anyone else had read this book and what they
> thought of it.
>
> I loved "A Long, Long Way", but this is not as good, although I love the
> writing style.
>
> Pele
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