| Paula Spencer Lib/E Contributor(s): Doyle, Roddy (Author), Ryan, Ger (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0792747372 ISBN-13: 9780792747376 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $29.66 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: February 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Ireland |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Having outlived an abusive husband and father, Paula and her four children are now struggling to live their adult lives, with two of the kids balancing their own addictions. Paula rebuilds her life slowly. As she goes about her daily routine working as a cleaning woman, and cooking for her two children at home, she re-establishes connections with her two sisters, her mother, and grandchildren, expanding her world. Doyle has movingly depicted a woman, both strong and fragile, who is fighting back and finally equipped to be a mother to her children. |
Contributor Bio(s): Doyle, Roddy: - Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter. He is a recipient of the Irish PEN Award for Literature, and his novel Paddy Clarke Ha-Ha won the Man Booker Prize in 1993. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Ryan, Ger: -Ger Ryan is an Irish film and television actress whose credits include Queer as Folk (UK version), The War of the Buttons (the 1995 Irish version), The Van, Moll Flanders, Driftwood, A Love Divided, and Intermission. She also played Paula Spencer in Roddy Doyle's acclaimed series Family for the BBC. |