I was able to get through 2 books in April and actually enjoyed both. They both revolved around family secrets and, of course, very dysfunctional families and how their secrets are revealed.
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
This book is set in Ireland and written in two contradictory narratives in an attempt to solve the mystery of a 100-year-old mental patient. That patient, Roseanne McNulty, decides to undertake an autobiography while, her psychiatrist, Dr. Grene, investigates her original commitment in preparation for her transfer to a new hospital. It is beautifully written as you're taken back in time through Roseanne's failing memory of her childhood and young adult life, and Dr. Grene's slow uncovering of the truth in present day.
I highly recommend this book!
The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards
This book begins in 1964 with the birth of fraternal twins, a healthy boy and a girl with Down syndrome. Their father ends up delivering them at his orthopedic clinic when they could not make it to the hospital. Seeing his daughter's handicap, he instructs the nurse to take her to a home and later tells his wife, who was drugged during labor, that their son's twin died at birth. Instead of institutionalizing the girl, the nurse keeps her and raises her in another city. This deception is an unraveling thread to the family over the next 25 years.
I highly recommend this book!
Happy Reading!
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