Paula Spencer: 2 (Paula Spencer Novel) - Softcover

Doyle, Roddy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143112732 ISBN 13: 9780143112730

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2007

Synopsis

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 this title

Review:

"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

From the Publisher:

Ten years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Roddy Doyle returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0143112732
• ISBN 13: 9780143112730
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288