{"product_id":"life-among-the-savages","title":"Life Among the Savages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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 ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brøglitteraturbar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57027225092482,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0904\/3296\/2946\/files\/914ifXPC_gL._UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1794316553","url":"https:\/\/www.broeglitteraturbar.dk\/products\/life-among-the-savages","provider":"Brøglitteraturbar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}