What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Anna Funder's Wifedom, Yunte Huang's Daughter of the Dragon, and Jerome Charyn's Ravage & Son all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of...
Anna Funder on life in the US: 'I underestimated what a radically different culture it has'
That involves a 40-year-old man's affair with a much younger woman. Funder upends that to tells the story of the woman when she herself is older...
Wifedom by Anna Funder review — was Mrs Orwell the real genius behind Animal Farm?
This is a furious and fascinating biography of Eileen O'Shaughnessy, who was shabbily treated by her husband, even as she shaped his work.
Book review: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life, Anna Funder
Functioning as a sagacious lesson against losing oneself, this brilliant book will resonate most with those who insist upon their own imagined...
‘Wifedom’ Review: A Portrait of Her Marriage
George Orwell's first wife played an undervalued role in his literary career—and saw a side of him that didn't always match his public image...
From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times
Writers, activists and politicians on the books they turn to for wisdom and perspective – and to restore their faith in human nature.
Tyranny of terror
The Lives of Others is about a Stasi man who shows a little mercy. Impossible, says Anna Funder. The GDR spies couldn't have done it - and...
WIFEDOM: revealing the hidden life of Orwell’s wife, Eileen O’Shaughnessy
The untold story of Eileen O'Shaughnessy, wife of George Orwell, is finally explored in biography Wifedom by Anna Funder.
Was George Orwell’s monstrous behavior responsible for his wife’s death?
Anna Funder's 'Wifedom' unearths the story of Eileen Blair, who died young after suffering mightily from George Orwell's mistreatment and...
“Fiction of inclusion”: Anna Funder invites myth-busting facts to dinner in Wifedom (2023)
Human rights lawyer-turned novelist Anna Funder's 2023 release Wifedom investigates one wife's unseen literary impact — Eileen O'Shaughnessy —...
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An author and journalist, Funder has raised concerns about Australia's political climate, particularly regarding freedom of speech and civil liberties.