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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.
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
Sep 12, 2024 · Photo: Steve Humphreys. Tanya Sweeney. Thu 12 Sep 2024 at 03:30. Paula Spencer, like the author who created her nearly three decades ago, is now in her mid-60s. On the face of it, she’s...
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.
Sep 2, 2006 · She hasn't had sex since her husband died. The McCartney murder won't go away. Paula knows all about it now. She's seen pictures of the pub where it started.
Told with the unmistakable wit of Doyle’s unique voice, Paula’s dogged struggle for sobriety is a redemptive tale of a brave and tenacious woman, “as real as realism gets” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
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The novel is a sequel to Doyle's 1996 book The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, describing the life of alcoholic and battered wife Paula Spencer. The second book picks up her life ten years after the death of her husband.
