![]() ![]() If you're looking for creepy, ironic stories, this isn't one of those-but this is excellent light reading fair for someone who wants to relax and listen to a good book. Although a series of anecdotes, the book reads likes a novel and is linear-unlike more contemporary writers like David Sedaris-and I liked that a great deal about it. I loved this book and highly recommend it for someone who wants something funny and yet touching. ![]() This is a humorous and yet compelling book about the ups and downs of being a housewife (while she was still working a s a writer) and the bitter-sweet transformation of children into adulthood. I think it's safe to say that she pioneered the satirical housewife memoir genre of literature. Known primarily for her chilling short story, "The Lottery" and her novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson wrote a lot of other things. Before Erma Bombeck There Was Shirley Jackson ![]()
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