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Oct 8, 2024 · Paula realises that despite being the site of such brutality, where her husband “battered the mother out of her”, her home and her patient listening can provide the “sanctuary” required.
Sep 22, 2024 · Her abusive husband, Charlo, is long dead, and her four adult children are finally out on their own. She has a sturdy support system in place, including best friend Mary, who got her a parttime gig at a dry cleaning shop that she enjoys, and longtime, lovably pedantic boyfriend Joe, who teaches her about highminded things like opera, history ...
Sep 26, 2024 · In this installment, the 66-year-old mother, grandmother, recovering alcoholic and domestic violence survivor, has weathered the first year of the Covid lockdown in reasonably good sprits. Her abusive husband, Charlo, is long dead, and her four adult children are finally out on their own.
Sep 22, 2024 · Her abusive husband, Charlo, is long dead, and her four adult children are finally out on their own.
Sep 19, 2024 · The Spencers weren’t literal neighbours of the Rabbittes, but they were certainly a different type of family. Roddy worked out that there would be four episodes, each focusing on a family...
Sep 30, 2024 · At the end of Roddy Doyle’s novel of domestic violence, “The Woman Who Walked into Doors” (1996), Paula Spencer finally fights back after decades of physical abuse, braining her husband Charlo...
Sep 25, 2024 · The story sees Paula in a much better place in life – she’s sober, her abusive ex-husband, Charlo, is dead, she’s got a new job she enjoys, her children are grown up and she’s seeing a new...
