EAN: 9781529924138

DOYLE RODDY THE WOMEN BEHIND THE DOOR

'The undisputed laureate of ordinary lives' SUNDAY TIMES'A brilliant  one-of-a-kind writer'
DAVID NICHOLLS* * *At 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  mother and daughter find themselves
untangling anecdotes  jokes  memory and revelation to confront 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 NEWSSHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK
AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2024

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