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The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Roddy Doyle
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Description for The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
Paperback. The story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem. Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182. Clean copy, with some light shelfwear. Good to very good
From the Booker Prize winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Commitments: the story of an ordinary woman whose extraordinary character will stay with you long after reading.
‘He loved me and he beat me. I loved him and I took it. It’s as simple as that’
Paula Spencer is thirty-nine, the mother of four and learning to live without Charlo, her violent, abusive husband.
Paula’s started drinking more and dreaming more, taking herself back to her contented childhood and audacious teenage years. Everything was better then, not least the music, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749395995
SKU
KST0017164
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of twelve acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
Reviews for The Woman Who Walked Into Doors
It is the triumph of this novel that Doyle - entirely without condescension - shows the inner life of this battered housewife to be the same stuff as that of the heroes of the great novels of Europe
Mary Gordon
New York Times Book Review
In feeling the pulse of a raw Dublin suburb, Doyle is recording ... Read more
Mary Gordon
New York Times Book Review
In feeling the pulse of a raw Dublin suburb, Doyle is recording ... Read more