The Woman Who Walked Into Doors by Roddy Doyle - ISBN: 9780749395995
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Ordinary woman. Brutal marriage. Extraordinary spirit. A story you won’t forget.

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    4 April 1997

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Summary

From the Booker Prize winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Commitments comes 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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780749395995
ISBN-10:0749395990
Author:Roddy Doyle
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:4 April 1997
Weight:175g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 15mm
Series:Minerva
What They're Saying

Critics Review

It is the triumph of this novel that Doyle - entirely without condescension - shows the inner life of this battered housewife to be the same stuff as that of the heroes of the great novels of Europe – Mary Gordon * New York Times Book Review *In feeling the pulse of a raw Dublin suburb, Doyle is recording a beat that can be recognised all over the world * The Times *This new novel is Roddy Doyle’s best to date. I cannot recall any writer who has better captured the vulnerability and courage of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage * Cork Examiner *Even more mesmerizing than his prize-winning Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha * Daily Mail *Impassioned, dignified and richly humane * Independent *His best work yet * The Times *Compulsively readable * Financial Times *

About The Author

Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of twelve acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

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