Eileen - by Sylvia Topp (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Topp delivers the first biography of Eileen O'Shaughnessy and chronicles her nine-year marriage to author George Orwell, from a tiny village where they grew vegetables through the dangers of the Spanish Civil War and narrowly escaping the destruction of their London apartment in World War II.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Eileen: The Making of Orwell is the first on this extraordinary woman who has been until now unjustly overlooked. It examines the Blairs' nine year marriage, from a tiny village where they grew vegetables and tended their own goats and chickens, through the dangers of the Spanish Civil War, nursing George in Morocco after a severe bout of tubercular bleeding, narrowly escaping the destruction of their London apartment in World War II, and even adopting a baby boy when it became apparent that they were unable to have their own child. And their partnership produced some of the greatest works in English literature. "Now," George told a friend the night he met Eileen O'Shaughnessy, "that's the kind of girl I would like to marry." The year before, Eileen had published a futuristic poem called End of the Century, 1984. Later, George would name his greatest work, 1984, in homage to the memory of Eileen.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Sylvia Topp has worked in publishing since college, starting as a copy editor on medical journals, then moving to freelance editing at major literary publishing houses. She was the long-time wife and partner of Tuli Kupferberg, a Beat poet who later was a co-founder, in 1964, of the Fugs, a legendary rock and roll band. Together Sylvia and Tuli wrote, edited, and designed over thirty books and magazines, including <i>As They Were</i>, <i>1001 Ways to Live Without Working</i>, and <i>Yeah! </i>magazine. Sylvia joined the staff at <i>The Soho Weekly News</i>and later <i>The Village Voice</i>, before finishing her publishing career at <i>Vanity Fair</i>. <i>Eileen </i>is her first book. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.</p>
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