Life Among the SavagesIn 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. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 29 |
Section 3 | 47 |
Section 4 | 57 |
Section 5 | 74 |
Section 6 | 105 |
Section 7 | 137 |
Section 8 | 164 |
Section 9 | 186 |
Section 10 | 216 |
Section 11 | 223 |
Section 12 | 229 |
Section 13 | 231 |
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