The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

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Brutal honesty of survival, love, and resilience.

If you find humanity's grit both heartbreaking and compelling, Paula Spencer's journey offers a vivid exploration of survival against the backdrop of domestic violence. Roddy Doyle perfectly balances the brutality of Paula's experiences with an undercurrent of hope that resonates with strength and the capacity for change. This story could challenge you, but also move you profoundly, painting a portrait of a woman’s endurance that is as unsettling as it is inspiring.

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The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

Regular price $11.43
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ISBN: 9780749395995
Authors: Roddy Doyle
Publisher: Minerva
Date of Publication: 1997-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Drama
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.85
(rated by 10698 readers)

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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 soundtrack to her romance with Charlo. As the past floats by and mingles with the present Paula Spencer finds herself coming alive, in all her vulnerability and her strength. ‘Roddy Doyle's unsparing examination of a brutal marriage transcends the boundaries of class and nationhood’ The Times
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Brutal honesty of survival, love, and resilience.

If you find humanity's grit both heartbreaking and compelling, Paula Spencer's journey offers a vivid exploration of survival against the backdrop of domestic violence. Roddy Doyle perfectly balances the brutality of Paula's experiences with an undercurrent of hope that resonates with strength and the capacity for change. This story could challenge you, but also move you profoundly, painting a portrait of a woman’s endurance that is as unsettling as it is inspiring.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.