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EPISODE · Aug 8, 2025 · 9 MIN

FYA 156: Wifedom: Biography uncovers George Orwell’s wife Eileen 

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Book review: Australian Book Industry Awards winner by writer Anna Funder.Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder dissects what it takes to be a writer and what it is to be a wife.Using newly uncovered letters the biography masterfully draws the brilliant Eileen O’Shaughnessy from out of the shadows of her husband’s famous writings.⇨ YOU WILL LEARN: * What this Penguin Random House bestseller is all about* Reader insights about marriage power dynamics* Literature learnings for our own creating* How truth can hide in plain sight⇨ FULL ARTICLEClick to read: https://foreveryoungautobiographies.com/wifedom/ ⇨ VIDEO PODCASTClick to watch: https://youtu.be/A6DhEqwxkLQ ⇨ FREE GIFTStructure Success video training: Four steps to plan a life-story outline. FREE training, click to sign up: https://foreveryoungautobiographies.com/free/ ⇨ YOUR SAYWhat letters have you kept through the years? What was the last letter you wrote? Leave me a comment below or here https://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/contact/⇨ RELATED LINKSBest life stories of 2024: Settle in with an award-winning bookhttps://foreveryoungautobiographies.com/best-life-stories-of-2024/  G-Man: Groundbreaking biography about Washington FBI director J. Edgar Hoover https://foreveryoungautobiographies.com/g-man/  Tell the truth: The surefire way to out skeletons in the closethttps://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/tell-the-truth/  Story setting: What is a story setting and setting exampleshttps://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/setting/  Chapters: 3 questions answered about book chaptershttps://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com/chapters/  ♡ Thanks for listening! Please subscribe if you are new and share or review the show if you found it helpful!Happy writing!⇨ ABOUT MEG'day! I'm Nicola, the founder of Forever Young Autobiographies. I've been a daily print journalist for decades and know how to create life stories! Now I help others do the same to share with family and friends so that unique memories live on.⇨ WEBSITEhttps://www.foreveryoungautobiographies.com⇨ YOUTUBEhttps://www.youtube.com/c/ForeverYoungAutobiographies⇨ FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/foreveryoungautobiographies⇨ INSTAGRAMhttps://www.instagram.com/foreveryoungautobiographies/

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