Life Among the Savages
Author: Jackson, Shirley
ISBN: 9780241387801
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 05 Sep 2019
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
From the queen of domestic horror, this is a masterpiece of domestic comedy
Shirley Jackson's 1953 classic about life with her husband and four children in rural Vermont is one of America's most celebrated memoirs of family life. Facing badly behaved imaginary friends, intractable bank managers, an oblivious husband and ever-encroaching domestic chaos, Jackson might want to throw her hands up in despair but somehow manages to turn ordinary family experiences into brilliant adventures. Frequently hilarious, always warm and never sentimental, this is a book for anyone who has ever been in a family.
ISBN: 9780241387801
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 05 Sep 2019
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback / softback
From the queen of domestic horror, this is a masterpiece of domestic comedy
Shirley Jackson's 1953 classic about life with her husband and four children in rural Vermont is one of America's most celebrated memoirs of family life. Facing badly behaved imaginary friends, intractable bank managers, an oblivious husband and ever-encroaching domestic chaos, Jackson might want to throw her hands up in despair but somehow manages to turn ordinary family experiences into brilliant adventures. Frequently hilarious, always warm and never sentimental, this is a book for anyone who has ever been in a family.
