"Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well." Mark Haddon
Books are always better if you have someone to talk to and share them with. In this new series, Pauline Brennan (County Librarian) and Orlagh Kelly (The Reading Room) invite you to join us for a relaxed conversation on books. The first featured book is Wifedom by Anna Funder.
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 and 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 friend, Funder recreates the Orwells' marriage, through the Spanish Civil War and WWII in London. As she rolls up the screen concealing Orwell's private life, she is led to question what it takes to be a writer - and what it is to be a wife.
Come along for conversation and a shared love of books!