Paula Spencer

by Roddy Doyle

Recently sober and trying to maintain some semblance of normality in her family life, Paula Spencer fights battles that are small, but the stakes are extremely high. Be it just trying to ask her daughter what time she came home last night or tousle her son's hair, after her ignoble history, every act is loaded with significance.

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