{"product_id":"paula-spencer","title":"Paula Spencer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Roddy Doyle returns to Paula Spencer with the tale of her fight for a better future.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaula is now forty-seven years old. Her husband is long dead, and it's been four months and five days since she's had a drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo of her children are out of the house - John Paul, a recovering heroin addict, and Nicola, a successful sales rep - but twenty-two-year-old Leanne, who herself has a problem with alcohol, and sixteen-year-old Jack are still at home. Paula continues to work as a house and office cleaner and to live from paycheck to paycheck; she's feeling pretty washed up and hopeless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut as she manages to get through each day sober, she begins to piece her life back together and to resurrect her family. She's even met a man at the bottle return; he's nice, there's something steady about him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTold with the unmistakable wit of Doyle's extraordinary voice, this is a redemptive tale about a brave and tenacious woman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roddy Doyle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43911706476713,"sku":"9780224078672","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9780224078672.jpg?v=1712729755","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/paula-spencer","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}