Paula Spencer
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A quarantotto anni Paula deve rimettere insieme i pezzi della sua vita. Charlo, il marito violento, è morto; ma le ha lasciato segni tangibili nel corpo e nell'anima. E l'ha indotta all'alcolismo. A dire il vero, lei non beve da mesi e ha anche un lavoro stabile. Ma gli ostacoli sono ancora molti. John Paul, il figlio maggiore, eroinomane, se ne è andato di casa; e sulla coscienza di Paula pesa come un macigno la bottiglia che, un Natale, regalò alla figlia Nicola, per avere una compagna di bevute. Adesso Nicola è una mamma matura e responsabile e John Paul si è disintossicato. Ma Paula ha altri due figli a cui pensare: Jack, un adolescente taciturno, e Leanne, la pazza, l'adorabile, la cervellona. Leanne l'alcolizzata. Per lei, Paula dovrà combattere l'ultima e la più dura delle battaglie. Dopo le vicende della "Donna che sbatteva nelle porte", quella Paula Spencer tanto cara a Doyle riconquista la propria dignità di donna che lotta per diventare finalmente una buona madre.
- ISBN: 8860884985
- Casa Editrice: Guanda
- Pagine: 322
- Data di uscita: 12-02-2009
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This 10(!) years in coming sequel to A Woman Who Walks into Doors, catches up with the life and times of recovering alcoholic, 48 year old mother of four, Paula Spencer and she strives to have some form of life. This was an OK read, but it feels very very very much like I should have read the first
Having just finished Paula Spencer , it's only natural to compare it back to The Woman Who Walked Into Doors . While I think the earlier book is superior in terms of its artistry--perhaps simply because the second book is more of the same--I enjoyed reading this one more. The tension in the first book Leggi tutto
I am a huge fan of Roddy Doyle and ‘The Woman Who Walked into Doors’ so I couldn’t wait to get hold of its sequel ‘Paula Spencer’. To say I was disappointed would be a huge understatement. First off Roddy had abandoned the first person telling of the story which made Paula Spencer ‘s initial book so Leggi tutto
This is a follow up to The Woman Who Walked into Doors. It's the continuing story of Paula Spencer and it's a tough one. She is a recovering alcoholic and every minute of every day is a struggle. This is the kind of book where the author simply opens a window into a character's life and shows you aro Leggi tutto
This one was also a quick read. I would say it's like revisiting a friend that you haven't seen in a good while and finding out that they aren't quite as interesting as you remembered. Perhaps it's the fact that there is no shock value, unlike The Woman Who Walked Into Doors . Still worth a read.
This sequel to The Woman Who Walked into Doors is, gratefully, stylistically and tonally very similar to that earlier novel…and it’s a joy to spend more time with the indomitable Paula Spencer. Roddy Doyle’s writing is both witty and moving, and his portrayal of the flawed but still sympathetic Paul Leggi tutto
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