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A hilariously charming memoir of Shirley Jackson and her family's life in rural Vermont: children who won't behave, cars that won't start, furnaces that break down, a pugnacious corner bully, household help that never stays, and a patient, capable husband who remains lovingly oblivious to the many thousands of things mothers and wives accomplish every single day.
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Warm, classical in form, comic and effortless.
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
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About the book
- Author
- Shirley Jackson, Lesa Lockford
- First published
- 1953
- Pages
- 241
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics), Farrar, Straus and Young, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781417703814
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Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American writer, known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. **Source**: [Shirley Jackson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Jackson) on Wikipedia.
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