The Blue Hill Library and Finding Our Voices are cosponsoring a virtual book discussion with the author of The Women Behind the Door by Roddy Doyle, on Tuesday, November 18 at 2PM. Join us either in-person at the library, for a Zoom live-stream of the discussion, or from another location via Zoom.

Roddy Doyle will be joining the discussion over Zoom from Ireland to talk about his brilliant trilogy on Paula Spencer--mother, grandmother, widow, addict, survivor--starting with 1996's The Women Who Walked Into Doors, then to Paula Spencer, and last year's The Women Behind the Door. This latest book is a devastating and spot-on examination of domestic abuse's impact on the mother and daughter relationship.

Roddy Doyle is a Booker Prize winner and the author of ten acclaimed novels, including The Commitments, The Van, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Woman Who Walked Into Doors, A Star Called Henry, The Guts, and Love, and several works for children and young adults including the Rover novels. 

This program is free and open to all. To register to become part of the Finding Our Voices Book Club and receive the Zoom link visit https://bookclubs.com/finding-our-voices/join/. Copies of the book are available at the library. For more information contact kayleigh.thomas@bhpl.net or 374-5515.

Finding Our Voices is a nonprofit organization that aims to prevent domestic violence in Maine founded by Patrisha McLean. The Finding Our Voices book club is one of the many ways that the organization is breaking the silence around domestic abuse. To learn more about Finding Our Voices visit www.findingourvoices.net. Patrisha McLean, also hosts the radio show "Let's Talk About It,” conversations with domestic violence survivors on WERU every second Friday of the month.