
The Women Behind the Door
by Roddy Doyle
Title:
The Women Behind the Door
Author:
Roddy Doyle
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
272 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9781529924138
EAN:
9781529924138
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
316
Dimensions (mm):
129 x 198 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
'A brilliant, one-of-a-kind writer' DAVID NICHOLLSAt sixty-six, Paula Spencer - mother, grandmother, widow, survivor - is finally living her life.A job at the dry cleaners she enjoys, a man - Joe - with whom she shares what she wants, friends who see her for who she is, and four grown children. Despite its ghosts, Paula has started to push her past aside.That is until Paula's eldest, Nicola, turns up on her doorstep. Independent, a loving wife and mother, "a success" - Nicola is suddenly determined to leave it all behind.Over the next few days, as Nicola gradually confides in Paula the secret that unleashed this moment of crisis, they find themselves embracing the bruised but beautiful symmetry of what each means to the other.'His best yet...full of energy and life' OBSERVER'Reading [Paula Spencer's] voice for the first time sent a pang of recognition through me, followed by love' ANNE ENRIGHT'Storytelling genius' i PAPERA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2024




















