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Life Among the Savages (Paperback)

by Shirley Jackson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 248 pages
  • Publisher: Academy Chicago Publications; Open Market Ed edition (1 July 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 089733342X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0897333429
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,683,406 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The author offers a humorous account of her experiences as she, her husband, and their four young children moved from an apartment in the city to a big house in rural Vermont.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hell-raising children, 22 Aug 2004
By L O'connor (richmond, surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This is Shirely Jackson's very funny account of life struggling to bring up her expanding family. At the beginning of the book she describes her big old house "When we moved into it we had two children and about five thousand books; I expect that when we finally overflow and move out again we will have perhaps twenty children and easily half a million books". In fact she has four children by the end of the book, whether she had any more I don't know, I haven't read the sequel (Raising Demons) yet. She is extremely funny and entirely unsentimental in her descriptions of family life, any harrassed parent will recognise the situations in this book, when for instance she describes the agony of lunching in a restaurant with very young children, what parent hasn't gone through that? Anyone who has suffered from children (their own or other people's) should enjoy this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, 24 Oct 1998
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I generally hate domestic plots or cutesy toddlers but Shirley Jackson, with her wry sense of humor, helped me to really like this book. Sure, it is outdated but many of the absurd situations and attitudes still apply and it gives you a good middle class view of that period. Recommended!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Motherhood is Timeless, 20 Jun 1998
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Having read an excerpt of this one day, I was driven to track down my own copy. Although better known for her darker writings, Jackson's semi-autobiographical telling of her life as a mother & a writer was very funny, & had me laughing out loud many times. Originally written in 1948, it proves that the trials & tribulations & joys of motherhood are timeless.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not scary, just funny
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