{"product_id":"the-women-behind-the-door-paperback","title":"The Women Behind the Door - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A showdown between mother and daughter that is about as emotionally painful as it gets.\" --Fiona Maazel, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful, moving mother-daughter story filled with struggle and redemption by Booker-Prize winning author Roddy Doyle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt sixty-six, Paula Spencer--mother, grandmother, widow, addict, survivor--has finally started to live her life. She has a job at the dry cleaners she enjoys, her boyfriend Joe is a text away when she needs him, and her four children now have the healthy families and petty dramas that Paula could have only hoped for. Despite its ghosts, Paula has started to push her past aside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat is until her eldest, Nicola, turns up on her doorstep one day. Nicola is everything Paula wasn't--independent, affluent, a loving wife and mother, a \"success\"--but now she is suddenly determined to leave it all behind. She has left her family and come to stay. As Nicola gradually confides in Paula the secret that unleashed this moment of crisis, mother and daughter must untangle past memory, trauma, and revelations to confront what they mean to each other--and who they want to be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA timely and powerful novel of regrets, reparations, and reconciliations, \u003ci\u003eThe Women Behind the Door \u003c\/i\u003eis a delicately devastating portrait of shame and the inescapable shadow it casts over families. Many readers will welcome the chance to reconnect with this strong, singular character whom we have seen in \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Walked into Doors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePaula Spencer, \u003c\/i\u003ebut all readers will be glad to have Paula in their life now.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoddy Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eleven 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\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Star Called Henry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmile\u003c\/i\u003e, and, most recently, \u003ci\u003e Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Doyle has also written several collections of stories, as well as \u003ci\u003eTwo Pints\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Two More Pints\u003c\/i\u003e, \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            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 7.64 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379315437670,"sku":"9780593831700","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/SzmbG8RaHI9780593831700.webp?v=1768918508","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-women-behind-the-door-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}