The Secret Scripture

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry - runner up for Booker and winner of Costa Award. This story is told by two people - an old woman who has been in an asylum in Ireland most of her life but now has to be moved because the institution is being closed down - and the doctor who has to investigate and assess her case. This has tinges of The Magdalene Sisters but it is not nearly as gruesome, yet the injustice that women suffered in these times is just as heart felt. It is well written and slowly draws you into the world of both the narrators where you genuinely feel for both of them.