I've heard such varying reports of this book but this makes it definitely one for the to be read list.
"This is a book about George Orwell; and it is not. This is a book about Eileen O’Shaughnessy, Orwell’s wife; and it is not. This is a book about the marriage, or what Anna Funder refers to as ‘the constellation’ that was Orwell and Eileen as they orbited around each other; and it is not. This is a book about patriarchy; and it is not."
@kcfromaustcrime@bookstodon absolutely brilliant- nuanced, great research and beautifully written- a powerful interrogation of the mechanics of erasure of women from history
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