{"product_id":"life-among-the-savages","title":"Life Among the Savages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly funny account of family life from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lottery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life. In \u003ci\u003eLife Among the Savages\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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' \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Comic masterpieces, laced with hints of the discontent that lies beneath' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages | Published August 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64967738589533,"sku":"9780241387801","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780241387801.jpg?v=1781327346","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/life-among-the-savages","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}