{"product_id":"9780241387801","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","brand":"Penguin Random House UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59658474127692,"sku":"9780241387801","price":9.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/4163\/2076\/files\/9780241387801-e01a67c94d722e81_front.webp?v=1793375200","url":"https:\/\/foxandfable.com\/de\/products\/9780241387801","provider":"Fox \u0026 Fable","version":"1.0","type":"link"}