{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoddy Doyle is an internationally bestselling writer. His first three novels--\u003cb\u003eThe Commitments\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Snapper\u003c\/b\u003e, and the 1991 Booker Prize finalist \u003cb\u003eThe Van\u003c\/b\u003e--are known as \u003cb\u003eThe Barrytown Trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the author of the novels \u003cb\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/b\u003e (1993 Booker Prize winner), \u003cb\u003eThe Woman Who Walked into Doors\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eA Star Called Henry\u003c\/b\u003e, and a non-fiction book about his parents, \u003cb\u003eRory \u0026amp; Ita\u003c\/b\u003e. Doyle has also written for the stage and the screen: the plays \u003cb\u003eBrownbread\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWar\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGuess Who's Coming for the Dinner\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors\u003c\/b\u003e; the film adaptations of \u003cb\u003eThe Commitments\u003c\/b\u003e )as co-writer), \u003cb\u003eThe Snapper\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Van\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eWhen Brendan Met Trudy\u003c\/b\u003e (an original screenplay); the four-part television series \u003cb\u003eFamily\u003c\/b\u003e for the BBC; and the television play \u003cb\u003eHell for Leather\u003c\/b\u003e. Roddy Doyle has also written the children's books \u003cb\u003eThe Giggler Treatment\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eRover Saves Christmas\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eThe Meanwhile Adventures\u003c\/b\u003e and contributed to a variety of publications including \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e magazine and several anthologies. He lives in Dublin.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503078412562,"sku":"9780143112730","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe547c66-9b42-48d0-8f47-d1363b130565.jpg?v=1730782069","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paula-spencer-9780143112730","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}