{"product_id":"life-among-the-savages-by-shirley-jackson-1","title":"Life Among the Savages by Shirley Jackson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA darkly funny account of family life from the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lottery\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life. In \u003cem\u003eLife Among the Savages\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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' \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Comic masterpieces, laced with hints of the discontent that lies beneath' \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prismatic Pages","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52989768335671,"sku":"12991","price":149.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/3097\/1447\/files\/IMG_5377_20260915161825.jpg?v=1789481954","url":"https:\/\/shop.prismaticpages.com\/products\/life-among-the-savages-by-shirley-jackson-1","provider":"Prismatic Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}