Woman Who Walked Into Doors (eBook)

Roddy Doyle (Autor)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
240 Seiten
Random House (Verlag)
978-1-4070-7283-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This is the heart-rending story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage and a worsening drink problem. Paula Spencer recalls her contented childhood, the audacity she learned as a teenager, the exhilaration of her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strength, Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.

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From the Booker Prize winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Commitments: the story of an ordinary woman whose extraordinary character will stay with you long after reading. He loved me and he beat me. I loved him and I took it. It s as simple as that Paula Spencer is thirty-nine, the mother of four and learning to live without Charlo, her violent, abusive husband. Paula s started drinking more and dreaming more, taking herself back to her contented childhood and audacious teenage years. Everything was better then, not least the music, the soundtrack to her romance with Charlo. As the past floats by and mingles with the present Paula Spencer finds herself coming alive, in all her vulnerability and her strength. Roddy Doyle's unsparing examination of a brutal marriage transcends the boundaries of class and nationhood The Times

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.9.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 1-4070-7283-8 / 1407072838
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4070-7283-8 / 9781407072838