WifedomLooking for wonder and some reprieve from the everyday, Anna Funder slips into the pages of her hero George Orwell. As she watches him create his writing self, she tries to remember her own when she uncovers his forgotten wife, it's a revelation. Eileen O'Shaughnessy's literary brilliance shaped Orwell's work and her practical nous saved his life. But why and how was she written out of the story? Using newly discovered letters from Eileen to her best

and they must succeed on every front or everything will fall

they head outside

gypsy traditions and even the political ideals

and they are ruthless

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War is declared

Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper: growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother Chaz

This is no place for a teenager struggling with a dark past and Gil's actions soon get him noticed by the wrong people

I learnt a lot and really loved it'

humanitarians and religious leaders

now with a new foreword by Keir Starmer

and soon to be demolished