Paula Spencer - Brossura

Doyle, Roddy

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0143112732 ISBN 13: 9780143112730

Casa editrice: Penguin Group USA, 2007

Riassunto

Picking up nearly ten years after the tale, The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Dublin widow Paula begins her fifth month of sobriety while endeavoring to raise the two children who are still at home, an endeavor during which she struggles to make ends meet, attends parent-teacher conferences, and develops a taste for rock music. Reprint.

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Recensione:

"An extraordinary story about an ordinary life."
--People

"Beautifully nuanced and sweetly populist . . . You'll stick with Paula as Doyle gently celebrates her small but memorable victories."
--USA Today

"A tale of ultimate personal struggle, and told superbly . . . Doyle shines a light on a supposedly ordinary life, tenderly illuminating its extraordinary contours."
--The Wall Street Journal 

"[Doyle] transforms what might be a bleak story of a working-class woman into a tale of triumph and great humor."
--Entertainment Weekly 

L'autore:

Roddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels—The Commitments, The Snapper, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist The Van—are known as The Barrytown Trilogy. He is also the author of the novels Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993 Booker Prize winner), The Woman Who Walked into Doors, and A Star Called Henry, and a non-fiction book about his parents, Rory & Ita. Doyle has also written for the stage and the screen: the plays Brownbread, War, Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner, and The Woman Who Walked Into Doors; the film adaptations of The Commitments )as co-writer), The Snapper, and The Van; When Brendan Met Trudy (an original screenplay); the four-part television series Family for the BBC; and the television play Hell for Leather. Roddy Doyle has also written the children's books The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas, and The Meanwhile Adventures and contributed to a variety of publications including The New Yorker magazine and several anthologies. He lives in Dublin.

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• Editore: Penguin Group USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0143112732
• ISBN 13: 9780143112730
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 280