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Sep 12, 2024 · At first glance, Paula — whose harrowing life was detailed in Roddy Doyle’s other two novels, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors and Paula Spencer and a BBC series, Family — has gotten a happy...
Jan 1, 1997 · Paula Spencer is the narrator and unlikely heroine of Roddy Doyle's fifth novel, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors. The mother of four children, she lives in a working-class suburb of Dublin. She is also a battered wife and an alcoholic. Paula's husband, Charlo, has been killed while escaping the scene of a crime he committed.
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 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.
The novel tells the struggle and survival of Paula Spencer, an abused wife who is the narrator. The title comes from an incident where Paula's husband asks her how she received a bruise he was responsible for, and she replies that she "walked into a door."
- Roddy Doyle
- 1996
The story opens with Paula Spencer, a middle-aged Irish wife and mother, being told that her abusive husband Charlo has been killed by the police in an aborted attempt at kidnapping a local bank manager.
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Sep 22, 2024 · Her abusive husband, Charlo, is long dead, and her four adult children are finally out on their own.
