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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.
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Life among the Savages, Shirley Jackson
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- Released
- 2019
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Shirley Jackson
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Released
- 2019
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0241387809
- ISBN13
- 9780241387801
- Series
- Jacksons
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Self-Help, Humor, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Parenting, Parenthood
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- 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.