Paula Spencer Novel The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Book 1, (Paperback)

from LynnB

This is a powerful book -- a character study of an alcoholic woman looking back on her life upon learning of the violent death of her husband, Charlo. She had kicked Charlo out a year earlier, afte...

from RoxieT

This was my first novel from this author, and though the plot was simple, the struggles of average people were palpable. The story was genuine and I really felt empathic to the narrator's struggles...

from patl

This is the mesmerizing, powerful and vicious story of an alcoholic, abused housewife in Dublin. The depth of emotion in the story is impressive. The pace and dialogue were spot-on. I've known more...

from boltgirl

Paula Spencer, a working class woman in Dublin, learns at the outset of the novel that her husband, Charlo, has been shot dead by the police. The incident sends Paula spiraling backward and forward...

from LindaKayS

A truly frightening book, mostly because of the implicit narrative. Doyle gives you just enough horrific details to make you want to find out how things in the narrator's life went so wrong. On pag...