Wifedom

Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

Anna Funder, Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Jane Slavin

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English

Bolinda Audio Books
04 July 2023

Social & cultural anthropology

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 …

And when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it’s a revelation. Eileen O’Shaughnessy’s literary brilliance shaped Orwell’s 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 WWII 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.

By: Anna Funder
Read by: Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Jane Slavin
Imprint: Bolinda Audio Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: Simultaneous Release
Dimensions: Height: 134mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 258g
ISBN: 9781867594437
ISBN 10: 1867594439
Publication Date: 04 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active

Anna Funder is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and awarded writers. Her books Stasiland and All That I Am are both prize-winning international bestsellers, translated into many languages. Anna’s non-fiction work Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life was a finalist for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, won the 2024 ABIA Award for Biography of the Year and won the 2024 BookPeople Award for Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year. Wifedom was selected as a Notable Book of 2023 by the New York Times and a Book of the Year by The Times, The Economist, the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph (UK) and The Telegraph (UK). Anna’s books have received many other prestigious awards, including the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) Prize for best non-fiction published in English for Stasiland, and Australia’s premier prize for fiction, the Miles Franklin, for All That I Am. Her essays have been widely published and anthologised. Anna is a University of Technology Sydney Luminary and Ambassador. In 2011 she was named in the ‘Top 100 People of Influence’ by the Sydney Morning Herald and appointed to the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts. After several years in Brooklyn, NY, Anna now lives in Sydney. Australian actress and voiceover artist Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood has always been an avid reader and lover of audiobooks. Completing her acting training at NIDA, she is best known for her work as the thoroughly British Olivia Bligh in the internationally acclaimed Australian period drama, A Place to Call Home. Other acting credits include The Crucible and Gallipoli with Sydney Theatre Company, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries and Underbelly: Razor. Storytelling through narration is a great passion for Arianwen and she is delighted to be voicing for Bolinda. Jane Slavin is an English actress who has performed on stage, television, radio and for audiobooks. She has narrated books by Matt Wesolowski, TM Logan and Anna Funder and appeared on BBC Radio for a variety of dramas, including Doctor Who: The Paradise of Death. She was winner of the BBC Carelton Hobbs Award. On television, you can find her in The Good Ship Murder, Call The Midwife, Coronation Street, Always and Everyone, Doctors, Heartbeat and Holby City. She starred in and wrote an episode of ATA Girl (Big Finish/Audible) which was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award.

Reviews for Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life

'A masterpiece ... written almost like a novel, with a perfect mix of compassion and distance.' (on Stasiland) -- The Sunday Times 'Superb ...' (on Stasiland) -- The New York Times 'Imaginative, compassionate and convincing.' (on All That I Am) -- Wall Street Journal