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leanneymu's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
A fascinating biography of Eileen Blair, George Orwell's first wife, who was written out of his story by subsequent biographers of Orwell, despite the fact that she did LOADS of the work to ensure that Orwell was able to write his masterpieces. I love books that restablished maligned women, and this book is a magic trick, essentially re-instating the reputation of a women who was vanished out of history by the systematic misogeny of 1930s-40s England.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Misogyny, War, Blood, Rape, and Sexual harassment
samfictiondistilling's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Beautifully written and so informative. I will be forever grateful to Anna Funder for the work that went into this book and for the story of the other side of Orwell.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Cancer, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Blood, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and War
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