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The Woman Who Walked into Doors

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The Woman Who Walked into Doors

By: Roddy Doyle
Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
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 Paula O'Leary is hugely popular with the boys from her working-class Dublin neighbourhood. But it is the charming Charlo Spencer who finally gets her. Yet after their honeymoon, everything changes. When Charlo first strikes her, she is stunned. But as his violent outbursts develop from slaps and bruises to broken fingers and knocked-out teeth, she gradually loses all self-respect, denying how bleak things are and drinking heavily. This is the heart-rending story of a woman struggling to reclaim her dignity after a violent, abusive marriage.©1996 Roddy Doyle (P)2007 Isis Publishing Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Romantic Suspense Women's Fiction Suspense Heartfelt

Critic Reviews

"In feeling the pulse of a raw Dublin suburb, Doyle is recording a beat which can be recognised all over the world." (The Times)
"[Doyle] climbs into a woman's skin so brilliantly that you have to pinch yourself to remember this was written by a man." (Sunday Express)
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Amazing insight; stunning prose; incredible narration. Top stuff! This story had me hooked from the get go.

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