Wifedom - Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Penguin / Hamish Hamilton, 2023. Good secondhand condition.

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 Orwell?s 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.