Julia Gillard Instagram – We’re so excited to launch the A Podcast of One’s Own Book Club! 📚
In our ✨first-ever episode✨, out today, @juliagillard and her co-host @the_shb_sit down to discuss Wifedom by Australian author, Anna Funder
Wifedom tells the untold story of Eileen O’Shaughnessy and her marriage to George Orwell, one of the most famed English writers of all time
Funder recreates the Orwell’s’ marriage, taking readers through the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War in London
Eileen’s story has been largely ignored by the history books, and as Funder shows, sometimes even rewritten by biographers of Orwell
Julia and Sarah discuss Funder’s unique style of writing, how women get written out of history, how Eileen’s experience resonates with women today, and how fans of Orwell’s work can reconcile that with his personal behaviour
Sarah recommends Wifedom for anyone who’s interested in Orwell, history, or the politics of our time, saying “even though it’s set in the past mostly, it feels surprisingly current”. And although it’s not your conventional historical fiction, Julia says that “it does repay in being a bit more challenging”
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