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Ruth Franklin

“No particular event appears to have sent her into this downward spiral. More likely, Jackson was overwhelmed—for the first time, but hardly the last—by the constellation of social anxiety and familial pressure that left her feeling accepted by no one.”

Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin
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