The grassroots, statewide nonprofit Finding Our Voices invites everyone to join a free, online talk on Tuesday, Nov.18 at 2 p.m. with Booker Prize-winning novelist Roddy Doyle who will be “Zooming” in from Dublin, Ireland. https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/patrisha-mclean-my-deeply-controlling-ex-husband-don-mclean-1.4407458McLean said she reached out to Roddy Doyle just after the domestic violence arrest of her then-husband and 20 years after being "bowled over" by his first book written in the voice of domestic abuse survivor Paula Spencer. He replied that, "Paula Spencer is the character I'm most proud of." The Finding Our Voices Book Club is part of Finding Our Voices’ broader mission to break the silence surrounding domestic abuse and shine a light on the complexities and patterns of the issue. “These explorations with authors of memoir and fiction remind us that domestic abuse hides in plain sight and takes many forms.

Source: The Irish Times November 02, 2025 16:31 UTC