Paula Spencer - Hardcover

Doyle, Roddy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670038164 ISBN 13: 9780670038169

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Picking up nearly ten years after the tale, The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Dublin widow Paula begins her fifth month of sobriety while endeavoring to raise the two children who are still at home, an endeavor during which she struggles to make ends meet, attends parent-teacher conferences, and develops a taste for rock music. 50,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

[A] marvellous novel (Carmen Callil Financial Times)

Doyle has created a little masterwork, a gem of persuasive realism (Tom Adair Scotland on Sunday)

An intoxicating sequel...a phenomenally rewarding read (Euan Ferguson Observer)

Paula is a triumphantly original character, and her gently anarchic sense of humour, her ruthless honesty and the bursting sense of fun that permeates the book scotch any hint of sentimentalism. Doyle constructs his set-pieces and orders the narrative with a craft so unobtrustively elegant and clever that it demands a second reading. This is a splendid piece of work (Independent on Sunday)

[A] magnificent achievement (Guardian)

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: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670038164
• ISBN 13: 9780670038169
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 281