Life Among the Savages
Author | : Shirley Jackson |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2015-05-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780698195080 |
ISBN-13 | : 0698195086 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America’s celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children. In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkness lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family’s life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful contrast to her quietly terrifying fiction. With a novelist’s gift for character, an unfailing maternal instinct, and her signature humor, Jackson turns everyday family experiences into brilliant adventures.