{"product_id":"9780241387801","title":"Life Among the Savages","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Jackson, Shirley \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 01\/08\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241387801,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children'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. 'Jackson's family chronicles have a genuinely subversive aspect ... Read today, her pieces feel surprisingly modern - mainly because she refuses to sentimentalize or idealize motherhood' The New York Times Book Review'Comic masterpieces, laced with hints of the discontent that lies beneath' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697640374316,"sku":"9780241387801","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780241387801.jpg?v=1722597663","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780241387801","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}