{"product_id":"wifedom-mrs-orwells-invisible-life-paperback-1","title":"Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Funder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eNOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION FINALIST \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eThis is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century --and a probing consideration of what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Simply, a masterpiece...Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full.\" --Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, author of \u003ci\u003eHorse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the end of summer 2017, Anna Funder found herself at a moment of peak overload. Family obligations and household responsibilities were crushing her soul and taking her away from her writing deadlines. She needed help, and George Orwell came to her rescue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I've always loved Orwell,\" Funder writes, \"his self-deprecating humour, his laser vision about how power works, and who it works on.\" So after rereading and savoring books Orwell had written, she devoured six major biographies tracing his life and work. But then she read about his forgotten wife, and it was a revelation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEileen O'Shaughnessy married Orwell in 1936. O'Shaughnessy was a writer herself, and her literary brilliance not only shaped Orwell's work, but her practical common sense saved his life. But why and how, Funder wondered, was she written out of their story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best friend, Funder re-creates the Orwells' marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War in London. As she peeks behind the curtain of Orwell's private life she is led to question what it takes to be a writer--and what it is to be a wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eWifedom\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past. Genre-bending and utterly original, it is an ode to the unsung work of women everywhere.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANNA FUNDER is the author of \u003ci\u003eStasiland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll That I Am\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novella \u003ci\u003eThe Girl with the Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eStasiland\u003c\/i\u003e, hailed as a 'classic', tells true stories of ordinary people who heroically resisted the communist dictatorship of East Germany, and of others who worked for the Stasi. In 2004 \u003ci\u003eStasiland \u003c\/i\u003ewon the UK's premier award for non-fiction, the Samuel Johnson Prize, and was a finalist for many other awards. Anna's novel \u003ci\u003eAll That I Am\u003c\/i\u003e is an homage to four German anti-Hitler activists living bravely but precariously in exile in London in the 1930s. \u003ci\u003eAll That I Am \u003c\/i\u003ewon many literary awards including Australia's most prestigious, the Miles Franklin Prize, and was a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. It spent over a year on the bestseller lists, was BBC Book of the Week and Book at Bedtime, and \u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Month. Both books are international best sellers, published in over twenty-four countries. Originally trained as an international human rights lawyer, Anna is a former DAAD Fellow in Berlin, Australia Council Fellow, and Rockefeller Foundation Fellow. She has lived in Paris, Berlin, and Brooklyn, and now lives in Sydney, Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44799687229542,"sku":"9780593315149","price":26.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/sZd4RWVbks9780593315149_20fe7d39-f8bf-4658-9f1b-2da61fe26a1e.webp?v=1771257168","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/wifedom-mrs-orwells-invisible-life-paperback-1","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}