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Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne McNulty's future at a mental hospital is uncertain. By Sebastian Barry, read by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings.
The Secret Scripture
By Sebastian Barry, abridged by Neville Teller.
1/10. Nearing her 100th birthday, Roseanne McNulty faces an uncertain future at the soon to be closed Roscommon Regional Mental Hospital. Her only solace is her psychiatrist Dr Grene, with whom she has an intense and increasingly complicated relationship.
Read by Doreen Keogh and Alex Jennings.
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