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As a 100-year-old woman secretly writes the story of her life, of why she was committed to an institution t age 30, Sebastian Barry's language sculpts and embroiders and illuminates his characters as the human costs of the "troubles" of Ireland in the 1930s are brought under his tender microscope. This novel is both powerful and delicate as well as terrible and beautiful.
Well, it sounds very good, but I have not even seen it. However, I will get it, not for my 9-yr-old grandson who is obsessed with vehicles, but for his father, my son-in-law who is a paleontologist and occasionally speaks to school groups!
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The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
Jean Marshall, January 1, 2011
As a 100-year-old woman secretly writes the story of her life, of why she was committed to an institution t age 30, Sebastian Barry's language sculpts and embroiders and illuminates his characters as the human costs of the "troubles" of Ireland in the 1930s are brought under his tender microscope. This novel is both powerful and delicate as well as terrible and beautiful.Uneversaurus by Aidan Potts
Jean Marshall, April 25, 2007
Well, it sounds very good, but I have not even seen it. However, I will get it, not for my 9-yr-old grandson who is obsessed with vehicles, but for his father, my son-in-law who is a paleontologist and occasionally speaks to school groups!(3 of 8 readers found this comment helpful)