The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

“My name is Paula Spencer. I am thirty-nine years old. It was my birthday last week. I was married for eighteen years. My husband died last year… He was shot by the Guards. He left me a year before that. I threw him out. His name was Charles Spencer; everyone called him Charlo."

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle’s last novel, won the 1993 Booker Prize and went on to become a phenomenal international bestseller. The Woman Who Walked Into Doors is his finest achievement to date, 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 os her romance with Charlo, and the marriage to him that left her powerless. Capturing both her vulnerability and her strenght, Doyle gives Paula a voice that is real and unforgettable.

Lean and sexy, funny and poignat, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors shows, yet again, that Roddy Doyle has na unparalleled gift for transforming ordinary life into great literature.