Roseanne McNulty is about to turn 100 years old in a Roscommon Hospital when she decides to write her life story. But in "The Secret Scripture," a new novel by Sebastian Barry, Roseanne's future is just as important as her past. It turns out Roseanne's hospital is about to close and doctors need to decide which patients can live on their own. One doctor in particular begins to look into Roseanne's past and discovers secrets - about her and himself. Barry, whose past novels include "A Long Long Way" (a finalist for the 2005 Man Booker Prize) as well as "The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty and Annie Dunne," is in top form again, though he does cast a particularly harsh eye on the role the Church played in 20th century Ireland. ( $24.95 / 300 pages / Viking)