But the writer possessed another side, one which is delightfully exposed in this hilariously charming memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont. Shirley Jackson, author of the classic short story "The Lottery", was known for her terse, haunting prose. You'll see every parenting stance you've ever adopted, every parent-story trope you've ever told or heard, expressed more perfectly than you ever could have. Read today, her pieces feel surprisingly modern - mainly because Jackson refuses to sentimentalize or idealize motherhood * The New York Times *Ĭharming. Never has the state of domestic chaos been so perfectly illuminated * The New York Times Book Review * There is something rather magical about how Jackson managed to so transform suffering into comic masterpieces * Guardian *Īs warm as it is hilarious and believable. Is it ironic or fitting that some of the greatest American writing about that venerated and difficult activity, motherhood, comes from a horror writer?. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 9780241387801 Number of pages: 240 Weight: 179 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm MEDIA REVIEWS
'Comic masterpieces, laced with hints of the discontent that lies beneath' Guardian Read today, her pieces feel surprisingly modern - mainly because she refuses to sentimentalize or idealize motherhood' The New York Times Book Review 'Jackson's family chronicles have a genuinely subversive aspect. 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.
'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children'Īs well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life. A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery
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