Paula Spencer: A Novel (A Paula Spencer Novel)

ISBN: 0143112732

Author: Doyle, Roddy

Condition: New

"An extraordinary story about an ordinary life." --People"Brilliant" -- The New YorkerTen years on from The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer.Paula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and hasnt had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne.Paula still works as a cleaner, but all the others doing the job seem to come from Eastern Europe. You can get a cappuccino in the café and the checkout girls are all Nigerian. Ireland is certainly changing, but then so too is Paula - dry, and determined to put her family back together again. Told with the unmistakable wit of Doyle's unique voice, this is a redemptive tale about a brave and tenacious woman.