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When the character Paula Spencer first appeared in Doyle's earlier novel "The Woman Who Walked Into Doors", she was a thirty-nine year-old alcoholic widow struggling to hold her family together. This sequel to that book, which sold over 400,000 copies in paperback, begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't drunk for over four months, and her youngest children are still with her, but she worries about her daughter Leanne. A brave, tenacious and very funny novel. 'A magnificent achievement' "The Guardian"
Synopsis
Paula Spencer begins on the eve of Paula's forty-eighth birthday. She hasn't had a drink for four months and five days. Her youngest children, Jack and Leanne, are still living with her. They're grand kids, but she worries about Leanne. Paula still works as a cleaner. This work shows the inner life of this battered house-cleaner.
