false <![CDATA[Life Among the Savages; Raising Demons]]> 356965 1 Although now better known for her haunting fiction, in the 1950s Shirley Jackson charmed millions with her best-selling domestic reminiscences, <i>Life Among the Savages</i> (1953) and <i>Raising Demons</i> (1957), affectionate, hilarious, and sophisticated tales of dubious parental equilibrium in the face of four children, their friends both real and imaginary, assorted dogs and cats, criminal household help, impudent teachers, and other minutiae of domestic existence. In Shirley Jackson's hands the chaos and crises of 1950s Vermont family life become something else entirely, and the two books give further evidence of Jackson's remarkable insight into people&mdash;especially children&mdash;and why they behave the way they do. 6157973 1953 Life Among the Savages; Raising Demons total:13|5:0|4:0|3:0|2:0|1:0| 13 44 24 5 356965 0965780066 9780965780063 13 5 Life Among the Savages; Raising Demons 3.38 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/356965.Life_Among_the_Savages_Raising_Demons 4 0 false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 05 07:48:46 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 05 04:47:08 -0700 2008 Raising Demons.

I can't recall if this was a pass-along from Mom or something I chose on my own out of the QPB catalog; either way, I'm thankful that I found & read it.

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