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Hugh Lunn's avatar

Several people have mentioned Anna Funder's book Wifedom.

I read it two years ago and two things struck me:

1. she is a superior writer.

2.she does her best to ruin Orwell's reputation. Which in itself is fine -- but she draws hard conclusions from hearsay, something which would not be allowed in a court -- thus using the word "perhaps" a lot.

Ironic that she uses "Mrs Orwell" on the cover, which Eileen never did.

But then a book about "Ms O'Shaughnessy" would hardly attract worldwide attention.

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I received a nice comment on this by email: "It’s astonishingly clear and informative and exciting to read like a confessional or an inside scoop."

Makes my heart glad. Hugh

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