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rhi_'s review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Death, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: War, Blood, Gaslighting, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Abandonment
nanc_282's review against another edition
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
It’s difficult to read this book and not think about all the literary men and the unacknowledged work of the women in their lives, Dorothy Wordsworth, Mary Shelley,
Who listen, edited, organised a household to create space for men to write. For me, the real success of this book, is to look at the life of Eileen Blair and consider how her ‘Wifedom’ under pinned George Orwell’s literary career.
It’s impossible not to have to reconsider Orwell’s legacy in view of what this book reveals.
Anna Funder’s autoethnographic sections are excellent.
Who listen, edited, organised a household to create space for men to write. For me, the real success of this book, is to look at the life of Eileen Blair and consider how her ‘Wifedom’ under pinned George Orwell’s literary career.
It’s impossible not to have to reconsider Orwell’s legacy in view of what this book reveals.
Anna Funder’s autoethnographic sections are excellent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Misogyny, and Infidelity
Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, and Chronic illness
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