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A blazing genrebending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time

Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell As she watches him create his writing self she tries to remember her own

When she uncovers his forgotten wife its a revelation Eileen OShaughnessys literary brilliance shaped Orwells work and her practical nous saved his life But why and how was she written out of the story

Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend Funder recreates the Orwells marriage through the Spanish Civil War and WW II in London As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwells private life she is led to question what it takes to be a writer and what it is to be a wife

Compelling and utterly original Wifedom speaks to the unsung work of women everywhere today while offering a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the 20th century It is a book that speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past

PRAISE FOR ANNA FUNDER

Funder skilfully deploys fictional techniques to make the material jump off the page crafted scenes with their own storyarcs naturalistic dialogue fullyrealised characters with their own plotlines Independent on Sunday

Meticulous and compassionate London Review of Books

Rigorously researched tenderly told Independent

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