{"product_id":"9780241387801","title":"Life Among the Savages","description":"A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children'As 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 ... Read 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","brand":"Shirley Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45748760183102,"sku":"9780241387801","price":351.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780241387801_60bcc00f-8212-49d1-807a-90ad6e4fdc79.jpg?v=1707236425","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780241387801","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}