The Woman Who Walked into Doors

by Roddy Doyle (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $4.11

  By the author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha , winner of the 1993 Booker Prize, this is the life history of Paula Spencer - her contented childhood, her romance with Charlo, and her sad marriage. It is the story of a working class woman in her 30s who is both vulnerable and strong.

• Used

  Paperback
  1997

  $3.26

  Paula Spencer is a thirty-nine-year-old working-class woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem. Paula 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 feeling powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Roddy Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $16.51

  Doyle's 1993 Booker Prize-winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha was hailed as a small, resonant masterpiece . . . heartbreakingly right (Entertainment Weekly). His latest book, his richest work yet, will astonish readers with its heartrending story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after marriage to an abusive husband and a worsening drinking problem.

• New

  Paperback
  1997

  $11.51

  This is the heart-rending 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. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.