A marvelous book . . . I just loved it all, and have a permanently marked-up, dog-eared copy on my shelf for the next generation.

Tom Hanks

Simply, a masterpiece. Here, Anna Funder not only re-makes the art of biography, she resurrects a woman in full.

Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Truly wonderful... Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait.

Claire Tomalin

Electrifying... Daring in both form and content, Funder's book is a nuanced, sophisticated literary achievement

Kirkus

A strikingly original study that casts Orwell in new light. Deeply perceptive, it is testament to forgotten wives of famous men everywhere.

Julia Boyd