Life Among the Savages (Paperback)
Jackson, Shirley (Author)
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As well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life. In 'Life Among the Savages', her caustically funny account of raising her children in a ramshackle house in Vermont, she deals with rats in the cellar, misbehaving imaginary friends, an oblivious husband and ever-encroaching domestic chaos, all described with wit, warmth and plenty of bite.
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Is it ironic or fitting that some of the greatest American writing about that venerated and difficult activity, motherhood, comes from a horror writer? ... There ...
ISBN (SKU)
9780241387801
Pages
229
Weight
181g
Dimensions
198x130x14
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Published
31, July, 2019
Genres
Biography
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