{"product_id":"paula-spencer-9780143112730","title":"Paula Spencer","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An extraordinary story about an ordinary life.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--People \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant\" -\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e- The New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years on from The \u003ci\u003eWoman Who Walked into Doors\u003c\/i\u003e, Booker Prize-winning author, Roddy Doyle, returns to one of his greatest characters, Paula Spencer. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaula Spencer is turning forty-eight, and hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaula still works as a cleaner, but all the others doing the job seem to come from Eastern Europe. You can get a cappuccino in the café and the checkout girls are all Nigerian. Ireland is certainly changing, but then so too is Paula - dry, and determined to put her family back together again. Told with the unmistakable wit of Doyle's unique voice, this is a redemptive tale about a brave and tenacious woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143112730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 6.56w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/10\/2008 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roddy Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44207235498165,"sku":"9780143112730","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_564675d9-44b1-4b0d-9ee6-cd7ceafa5835.jpg?v=1716908349","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/paula-spencer-9780143112730","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}