{"product_id":"the-women-behind-the-door-tr-by-roddy-doyle","title":"The Women Behind the Door TR by Roddy Doyle","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2025-09-09)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e272\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781039055810\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e187.11\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.58 x 12.85 x 1.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooker Prize–winner Roddy Doyle’s spectacular return to his iconic character, Paula Spencer, whom he originated in the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors \u003c\/i\u003eand its follow-up, \u003ci\u003ePaula Spencer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is not a writer currently working in English who can match Doyle for the fluency with which he tacks back and forth between the hilarious and the heartbreaking.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt sixty-six, Paula Spencer—mother, grandmother, widow, addict, survivor—is finally living her life. A job at the dry cleaners she enjoys, a man—Joe—with whom she shares what she wants, friends who see her for who she is, and four grown children, now with families and petty dramas the likes of which Paula could only have hoped for. Despite its ghosts, Paula has started to push her past aside.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is until Paula’s eldest, Nicola, turns up on her doorstep. Independent, affluent, a loving wife and mother, “a success”—Nicola is suddenly determined to leave it all behind. Over the next few days Nicola gradually confides in Paula the secret that unleashed this moment of crisis, and mother and daughter find themselves untangling anecdotes, jokes, memory, and revelation to confront the bruised but beautiful symmetry of what each means to the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe next sequence in the life of Roddy Doyle’s quietly remarkable, ever-memorable Paula Spencer, \u003ci\u003eThe Women Behind the Door\u003c\/i\u003e is a delicately devastating portrait of shame and the inescapable shadow it casts over families.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eRODDY DOYLE was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of ten acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Commitments\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e The Van\u003c\/i\u003e (a finalist for the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Booker Prize), \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked Into Doors, A Star Called Henry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guts, \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently,\u003ci\u003e Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Doyle has also written several collections of stories, as well as \u003ci\u003eTwo Pints, Two More Pints,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwo for the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, and several works for children and young adults including the Rover novels. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":45502294982817,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781039055810","price":32.88,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781039055834_d350e0b0-9458-4146-948a-e07da9c3e6ea.jpg?v=1764906675","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-women-behind-the-door-tr-by-roddy-doyle","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}