''Paula Spencer'' is a 2006 novel by

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writer

Roddy Doyle Roddy Doyle (born 8 May 1958) is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been ma ...

, published in 2006.

Plot summary

The novel is a sequel to Doyle's 1996 book ''

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors ''The Woman Who Walked Into Doors'' (1996) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It was adapted from the 1994 RTÉ/BBC miniseries ''Family''. Plot summary The novel tells the struggle and survival of Paula Spencer, an abused wife who is the n ...

'', describing the life of

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and battered wife Paula Spencer. The second book picks up her life ten years after the death of her husband.

References

2006 Irish novels Novels by Roddy Doyle Sequel novels Jonathan Cape books {{2000s-novel-stub