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Paula Spencer

A Novel

A Novel

By Roddy Doyle

By Roddy Doyle

By Roddy Doyle

By Roddy Doyle

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Part of A Paula Spencer Novel

Part of A Paula Spencer Novel

Paperback $14.00

Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780143112730

Ebook $11.99

Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9781440622731

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    About Paula Spencer

    The follow up to Roddy Doyle’s acclaimed novel The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

    Watch for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017

    Roddy Doyle ‘s beautifully wrought tale revisits the Dublin housewife-heroine of his earlier acclaimed novel, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors. Paula is now forty-seven, her abusive husband is long dead, and it’s been four months and five days since she’s had a drink. She cleans offices to get by and lives from paycheck to paycheck. But as she manages to get through each day sober, she begins to piece her life back together and to resurrect her family. Told with the unmistakable wit of Doyle’s unique voice, this is a redemptive tale about a brave and tenacious woman.

    About Paula Spencer

    The follow up to Roddy Doyle’s acclaimed novel The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

    Watch for Roddy Doyle’s new novel, Smile, coming in October of 2017

    Roddy Doyle ‘s beautifully wrought tale revisits the Dublin housewife-heroine of his earlier acclaimed novel, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors. Paula is now forty-seven, her abusive husband is long dead, and it’s been four months and five days since she’s had a drink. She cleans offices to get by and lives from paycheck to paycheck. But as she manages to get through each day sober, she begins to piece her life back together and to resurrect her family. Told with the unmistakable wit of Doyle’s unique voice, this is a redemptive tale about a brave and tenacious woman.

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    Also by Roddy Doyle

    Life Without Children
    Love
    Smile
    The Guts
    Bullfighting
    See all books by Roddy Doyle

    About Roddy Doyle

    Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including The Commitments, The Van (a finalist for the Booker Prize), Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (winner of the Booker Prize), The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, A Star Called… More about Roddy Doyle

    About Roddy Doyle

    Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including The Commitments, The Van (a finalist for the Booker Prize), Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (winner of the Booker Prize), The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, A Star Called… More about Roddy Doyle

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $14.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Dec 18, 2007 | 288 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143112730

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Dec 18, 2007 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781440622731

    Praise

    “An extraordinary story about an ordinary life.”
    –People

    “Beautifully nuanced and sweetly populist . . . You’ll stick with Paula as Doyle gently celebrates her small but memorable victories.”
    –USA Today

    “A tale of ultimate personal struggle, and told superbly . . . Doyle shines a light on a supposedly ordinary life, tenderly illuminating its extraordinary contours.”
    –The Wall Street Journal 

    “[Doyle] transforms what might be a bleak story of a working-class woman into a tale of triumph and great humor.”
    –Entertainment Weekly 

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