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03095aam a22005178i 4500 001 F5D97142D2B011ED872B743748ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230404012110 008 230131s2023 nyu b 000 0beng 010 $a 2023002866 020 $a 0593320689 020 $a 9780593320686 040 $a LBSOR $b eng $e rda $c LBSOR $d SILO 050 00 $a PR6029.R8 $b Z6355 2023 082 00 $2 23/eng/20230228 100 1 $a Funder, Anna, $d 1966- $e author. $9 153837 245 10 $a WIFEDOM : $b MRS. ORWELL'S INVISIBLE LIFE / $c Anna Funder. 263 $a 2308 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2023. 300 $a pages cm 500 $a "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." 500 $a 2023/08/22 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Wifedom, a counterfiction -- Invisible warrior -- Invisible worker -- Happy ending -- Afterlife. 520 $a "A riveting work about the woman who sacrificed her future for one of the most famous writers of the twentieth century and a probing look at what it means to be a wife and a writer in the modern world. Looking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, award-winning writer 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, it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shaped Orwell's work and her practical common sense 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 Warand the Second World War 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. Genre-bending and utterly original, Wifedom is an ode to the unsung work of women everywhere today, while offering a breathtakingly intimate view of one of the most important literary marriages of the twentieth century. It is a book that speaks to our present moment as much as it illuminates the past"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Blair, Eileen, $d 1905-1945. 600 10 $a Orwell, George, $d 1903-1950 $x Marriage. 650 0 $a Authors' spouses $z England $v Biography. 650 0 $a Wives $z England $v Biography. 941 $a 15 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240502013445.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417020531.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240402013543.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20240327010122.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240302011748.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20240227010112.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012411.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125010904.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20240118010737.0 952 $l ZBPE245 $d 20231201012059.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20231003012914.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20230915010107.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230913010406.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20230902010724.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20230822010627.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F5D97142D2B011ED872B743748ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search