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![]() Roseanne draws lovely pictures from her memory of coastal scenery, exciting Saturday nights at the local dance hall, and a loving if eccentric father. So far so dismal…but there is some beautiful writing here. Grene, who takes an interest in this, his oldest patient whose life story becomes a welcome distraction from his rocky marriage. At the same time she pens her account, she is being assessed for transfer by Dr. She writes of a loving father, a disturbed mother, and events in her early life that shake her existence. The fact that she grew up in an Ireland beset by the Troubles means that family history, the religion of birth, and following certain occupations can mark a person down regardless of beauty, intelligence or love. ![]() A patient in a mental hospital is recording the life that she remembers, over about a hundred years. ![]() There is a fairly high body count, and a depressing air about the whole proceedings. This is a book not overloaded with humour and optimism, at least in the first section or two. I also admit that, had it been my choice, I probably would not have fought on with it… I admit that I am a bit late to the party with this one, which surfaced as a choice for our Book Club. ![]()
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