The undisputed laureate of ordinary livesSUNDAY TIMESA brilliant, one-of-a-kind writer DAVID NICHOLLS At sixty-six, Paula Spencer mother, grandmother, widow, survivor is finally living her life.A job at the dry cleaners she enjoys, a man Joe with whom she
The undisputed laureate of ordinary livesSUNDAY TIMES
A brilliant, one-of-a-kind writer DAVID NICHOLLS
At sixty-six, Paula Spencer mother, grandmother, widow, 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. Despite its ghosts, Paula has started to push her past aside.
That is until Paulas eldest, Nicola, turns up on her doorstep. Independent, a loving wife and mother, a success Nicola is suddenly determined to leave it all behind.
Over the next few days, as Nicola gradually confides in Paula the secret that unleashed this moment of crisis, 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.
His best yetfull of energy and lifeOBSERVER
Reading [Paula Spencers] voice for the first time sent a pang of recognition through me, followed by love ANNE ENRIGHT
Storytelling geniusi NEWS
SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2024
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