Not only is she convinced she didn’t kill him, but she believes her son is still alive, and keeps a journal in the margins of a Bible recounting her stories. Being turned into a resort, she refuses to move.
Rooney Mara plays the younger Rose in flashback in 1940s Belfast. The beautiful young waitress is courted by countless suitors from a priest to an air force pilot as the drama around her unfolds against the backdrop of the war. Sheridan adapted the book, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize, with Johnny Ferguson.